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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Citations

  • 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.

  • O’Neill, G. (1929), 'Life of the Reverend Julian Edmund Tenison Woods’, Sydney, New South Wales.

  • Player, A. (1989), 'Julian Tenison Woods—priest and scientist’, Australasian Catholic Record 66 (July).

  • Press, M.M. (1979), 'Julian Tenison Woods’, Sydney, New South Wales.

  • (1889), Town and Country Journal (obituary) pp 10-12.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related collections
  • Catholic Historical Museum, Fitzroy, Victoria (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Catholic Historical Museum, Fitzroy, Victoria (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney (collected in)