Thomas Spurr b. c.1801

Also known as Rev Thomas Spurr
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Painter)
Dismissed as a clergyman, Spurr advertised as a drawing and painting teacher before going on to become an architectural draughtsman. A position he was consequently also sacked from, this time for alcoholism, insolence and incompetence. No identifiable art works are known.
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Name
Thomas Spurr
Also known as Rev Thomas Spurr
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Surveyor (ANZSIC code: 6922)
  • Architectural draughtsman (ANZSIC code: 6921)
  • Teacher (ANZSIC code: 8102)
  • Clergyman (ANZSIC code: 9540)
Birth date
c.1801
Birth place
United Kingdom
Death date
14 August 1856
Death place
Tasmania
Active Period
  • c.1841 - c.1851
Arrival
  • 20 June 1840 (Arrived Tasmania aboard the Fortitude)
Residence
  • 1840 - 1848 Clarence Plains, Hobart Town, Tas.
  • 1848 - August 1856 North Hobart, Tas.
  • c.1801 - c.1840 United Kingdom
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: '[Thomas Spurr file]', Archives of Tasmania.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Stilwell, G.T.>, <ExternalResource: (15 August 1856), '[CSO 50/14, Inquest no. 3828]', Tasmania : Archives of Tasmania.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Glover, Margaret.>]