John Smith b. 12 December 1821

Also known as Professor John Smith
  • Artist (Photographer)
Amateur photographer and scientist, a professor at the University of Sydney, also active in a number of social issues such as water, tertiary education for women and public elementary education. His photographs consist of portraits, geological subjects, local views and the University, and unlike most studio portraits of the time, he attempted to relate his subjects to their environment.
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Name
John Smith
Also known as Professor John Smith
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • Scientist (ANZSIC code: 6910) -
Birth date
12 December 1821
Birth place
Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
Death date
12 October 1885
Death place
Sydney, NSW
Burial place
Presbyterian section of Waverley Cemetery, Waverley, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1854 - c.1862
Arrival
  • 1852 (New South Wales)
Residence
  • 1852 - 1885 Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Macmillan, D. (August 1959), 'Professor John Smith and the beginnings of photography in Australia', Royal Australian Chemical Institute: Proceedings, .>, <ExternalResource: Burke, K. (August 1959), 'Early photographic processes and the John Smith collection', Royal Australian Chemical Institute: Proceedings, .>, <ExternalResource: Macmillan, D. (December 1956), 'Professor John Smith', Australasian Photo Review, .>, <ExternalResource: Burke, K. (December 1956), 'John Smith's photography', Australasian Photo Review, .>, <ExternalResource: Hoare, M.; & Radford, J.T. (1976), 'John Smith', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 6 [Nairn, B. (ed.)], Melbourne Uninversity Press.>, <ExternalResource: MacLeod, R. (ed.), (1988), 'University and Community in Nineteenth Century Sydney: Professor John Smith 1821-1885', Sydney, NSW : Sydney University Monographs, no. 3.>, <ExternalResource: Newton, G. (1988), 'Shades of Light', Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Willis, A.-M. (1988), 'Picturing Australia: A History of Photography', Sydney, NSW.>] [<ExternalResource: Macmillan, D. (August 1959), 'Professor John Smith and the beginnings of photography in Australia', Royal Australian Chemical Institute: Proceedings, .>, <ExternalResource: Burke, K. (August 1959), 'Early photographic processes and the John Smith collection', Royal Australian Chemical Institute: Proceedings, .>, <ExternalResource: Macmillan, D. (December 1956), 'Professor John Smith', Australasian Photo Review, .>, <ExternalResource: Burke, K. (December 1956), 'John Smith's photography', Australasian Photo Review, .>]