William Stanley Jevons b. 1 September 1835

  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Nineteenth century sketcher, amateur photographer, economist, logician, amateur botanist and musician. Jevon's took photographs of people and scenery around Sydney and the Braidwood-Araluen goldfields.
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Name
William Stanley Jevons
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Musician (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • Amateur botanist
  • Logician
  • Economist (ANZSIC code: 6910)
Birth date
1 September 1835
Birth place
Liverpool, England, UK
Death date
13 August 1882
Active Period
  • c.1857 - c.1859
Arrival
  • 6 October 1854 (Sydney, aboard 'Oliver Lang'.)
Residence
  • Victoria
  • c.1857 Double Bay, NSW
Training
  • c.1851 University College, London, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Martin, Megan (2003), 'Mr Miller of the Mint', Historic Houses Trust, Sydney, NSW : Insites, 4-5, Winter, Illustrated with Jevons's 1857-58 photos of his Mint colleague Francis Bowyer Miller, Alice Miller, their Double Bay home and the assay balance and its fittings at the mint.>, <ExternalResource: La Nauze, J.A. (1972), 'William Stanley Jevons', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4, Pike, Douglas (ed.), Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Stephens, L. & Lee, S. (eds.) (c.1885), Dictionary of National Biographies : London, England, UK (22 vols).>, <ExternalResource: Davies, Alan and Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900', Melbourne, Vic : Oxford University Press.>, <ExternalResource: Collison Black, R.D. (ed.) (c.1972), 'Papers and Correspondence of W.S. Jevons', London, England, UK, (2 volumes), 1972-1973.>, <ExternalResource: Burke, I. (1955), 'Australia's first pictorialist', Australasian Photo-Review, January, 62/1.>, <ExternalResource: Cato, J. (1955), 'The Story of the Camera in Australia', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Jevons, Harriet (ed.) (1886), 'Letters and Journal of W. Stanley Jevons', London, England, UK.>, <ExternalResource: Jevons, W.S., '(Cashbook, 1854-1856)', Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (manuscript).>, <ExternalResource: Jevons, W.S. (1858), 'Social survey of Sydney', Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (manuscript).>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Bruce, Candice.>, <ExternalResource: La Nauze, J.A. (1949), 'Jevons in Sydney', Political Economy in Australia, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Cato, J. (1958), 'Photography', Australian Encyclopedia.>] [<ExternalResource: Martin, Megan (2003), 'Mr Miller of the Mint', Historic Houses Trust, Sydney, NSW : Insites, 4-5, Winter, Illustrated with Jevons's 1857-58 photos of his Mint colleague Francis Bowyer Miller, Alice Miller, their Double Bay home and the assay balance and its fittings at the mint.>]