Julian Edmund Tenison Woods b. 15 November 1832

Also known as Julian Edmund Tenison-Woods
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Scientist and Roman Catholic priest, Woods was skilled at detailed sketches of his specimens and often sent them in with his scientific publications. His ecclesiastical life was far more controversial, he suffered many bouts of visions and torments, had frequent fall-outs with other parishioners until he was finally exiled by South Australian church authorities.
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Name
Julian Edmund Tenison Woods
Also known as Julian Edmund Tenison-Woods
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • mystic (ANZSIC code: 9539)
  • Roman Catholic priest (ANZSIC code: 9540)
  • scientist (ANZSIC code: 6910)
Birth date
15 November 1832
Birth place
London, England
Death date
7 October 1889
Death place
Sydney, New South Wales
Burial place
Waverley Cemetery, Waverley, New South Wales
Active Period
  • 1857 - 1886
Arrival
  • 30 January 1855 (Hobart Town, Tas)
Residence
  • c.1886 - c.1889 Sydney, New South Wales
  • c.1880 - c.1883 New South Wales
  • c.1857 - c.1880 South Australia
  • 1855 - 1857 Tasmania
  • 1885 - 1886 Japan
  • 1883 - 1886 Asia
Training
  • 1848 Government School of Design
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Borchardt, D.H. (1976), 'Julian Edmund Tenison-Woods', Australian Dictionary of Biography, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vol 6, Melbourne, Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: O'Neill, G. (1929), 'Life of the Reverend Julian Edmund Tenison Woods', Sydney, New South Wales.>, <ExternalResource: Player, A. (1989), 'Julian Tenison Woods--priest and scientist', Australasian Catholic Record 66 (July).>, <ExternalResource: Press, M.M. (1979), 'Julian Tenison Woods', Sydney, New South Wales.>, <ExternalResource: (1889), Town and Country Journal (obituary) pp 10-12.>]