Biographical entry Tenison-Woods, Julian Edmund (1832 - 1889)
- Born
- 15 November 1832
London, England - Died
- 7 October 1889
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Priest, Educator and Scientist
Summary
Julian Edmund Tenison-Woods, a member of the Catholic Church, was a pioneer priest of the south-east of South Australia and made many independent discoveries in geology, palaeontology and zoology.
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Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland
- Julian Edmund Tenison-Woods - Records, 1832 - 1889, OM80-97; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details
- Julian Edmund Tenison-Woods - Records, 1872 - 1922, OM71-36; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details
- Julian Edmund Tenison-Woods - Records, 1883 - 1967, OM72-150; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details
Published resources
Books
- O'Neill, Rev G., The Life of the Reverend Julian Edmund Tenison Woods, Pellegrini, Sydney, 1929. Details
Book Sections
- Borchardt, D. H., 'Tenison-Woods, Julian Edmund (1832-1889)', in Bede Nairn (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 6, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1976, pp. 254-255. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060272b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Corcoran, Petern, 'Pioneer Naturalist [Fr. Julian Tenison Woods] Stands Tall Today', Advocate Magazine, vol. 20 March, 1986, pp. 8-9. Details
- Corcoran, Petern, 'Remembering a Pioneer: J.E.T. Woods-a Nineteenth Century Naturalist', Bulletin of the Fossil Collectors' Association of Australasia, vol. 32/33, 1991, pp. 5-11. Details
- Maiden, J.H., 'A Century of Botanical Endeavor in South Australia', Australasian Association for Advancement of Science, vol. xi, 1907, pp. 158-199. Details
- Maiden, J.H., 'Records of Australian Botanists - (a) General, (b) New South Wales', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. xlii, 1908, pp. 60-132. Details
Online Resources
- 'Tenison-Woods, J E', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-470449. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 7 August 2006
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