Susan Fereday b. c.1810

Also known as Susan Georgina Marianne Apthorp, Susan Georgina Marianne Fereday
  • Artist (Painter)
A watercolourist who lived predominantly in Tasmania. Fereday was also a natural history enthusiast and an accomplished collector who worked with Professor W.H Harvey of Trinity College, Dublin, who named an alga after her.
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Name
Susan Fereday
Also known as:
  • Susan Georgina Marianne Apthorp
  • Susan Georgina Marianne Fereday
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Sunday School mistress
  • Algologist
Birth date
c.1810
Birth place
Leicestershire, England, UK
Death date
21 October 1878
Death place
Sale, Victoria
Active Period
  • c.1850 - c.1870
Arrival
  • 26 February 1846
Residence
  • c.1875 - c.1878 Sale, Victoria
  • c.1846 - c.1875 George Town, Van Diemen's Land, George Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
  • c.1810 - c.1845 United Kingdom
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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