P000360 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

All key entry types: Awards; Concepts; Corporate Bodies (Organisations); Cultural Artefacts; People; etc

These key entries are listed separately below with other indexes and lists.

 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2026-03-25 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000360b.htm person Denison William Thomas KCB AACR2 3 May 1804 19 January 1871 Place of Birth London, Middlesex, England Place of Death East Sheen, Surrey, England Royal engineer Civil engineer Governor Science patron Sir William Denison was Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania 1847-1854; Governor of New South Wales 1855-1861; Governor-General 'in and over the Colonies of New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia' 1855-1861; an engineer and an important patron of science. The Australian venomous snake genus Denisonia was named in his honour. 1819 1823 Education - Royal Military Academy, Woolwich 1826 1826 Career event - Commissioned as Second-Lieutenant, Royal Engineer, Royal Corp of Engineers 1827 1832 Career position - Engineer, Royal Corp of Engineers, construction of Rideau Canal, Ottawa, Canada. Under Lieut-Col John By 1830 1831 Career event - Experiments to determine the strength of North American timbers 1833 1835 Career position - Instructor in Surveying, Chatham, Royal Corp of Engineers 1837 1837 Award - Telford Medal, Institution of Civil Engineers, London - for communications on determining the strength of North American timbers. 1837 1845 Career position - Officer in charge of engineering work, Woolwich Dockyard, under Captain Brandreth RE, Director of Works Admiralty 1837 1846 Career position - Established and edited "Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers" 14 March 1837 14 March 1837 Career event - Associate, Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1838 1838 Career position - Councillor, Institution of Civil Engineers, London. 1845 1846 Career position - Officer in charge of engineering work, Portsmouth Dockyard, under Director of Works Admiralty 1846 1854 Career position - Lieutenant Governor, Tasmania 1847 1854 Career position - President, Royal Society of Tasmania 1855 1861 Career position - Governor, New South Wales 1855 1861 Career position - Governor-General, Australian colonies 1856 1856 Award - Knight Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB) 1856 1861 Career position - President, Philosophical Society of New South Wales 1861 1863 Career position - Governor, Madras 1863 1864 Career position - Governor-General, Indian colonies 1864 1866 Career position - Governor, Madras 1866 1866 Award - James Watt Medal, Institution of Civil Engineers, for communications on the construction of the Suez Canal. 1868 1868 Career position - Councillor, Institution of Civil Engineers, London. 1868 1871 Career position - Chairman, Royal Commission on prevention of pollution of rivers Australian Joint Copying Project, National Library of Australia; and State Library of New South Wales (1945 - 1993)

AJCP M606 - M607, M671

 Royal Society of Tasmania (1843 - )

President 1847 - 1854

 Colony of New South Wales (1788 - 1901)

Governor 1855 - 1861

 Colony of Tasmania (1856 - 1901)

Lieutenant-Governor 1847 - 1854

 Philosophical Society of New South Wales (1856 - 1866)

President 1856 - 1861

Wikidata

VIAF - Virtual International Authority File

 Denison, William (1804-1871)

Trove

 'Denison, William Thomas', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Denison, William Thomas Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The Royal Society of Tasmania Garden, Don The Royal Society of Tasmania 2025 History: magazine of the Royal Australian Historical Society 165 18-21 Edited Book: Terrible hard biscuits: A reader in Aboriginal history Chapman, Valerie C; Read, Peter Terrible hard biscuits: A reader in Aboriginal history St Leonards, New South Wales Allen & Unwin 1996 Journal Article: Account of the Analysis, by Dr. Motherwell, of certain Woods of Tasmania, with a view to determine the amount of Potash contained Denison, Sir William Thomas Account of the Analysis, by Dr. Motherwell, of certain Woods of Tasmania, with a view to determine the amount of Potash contained Hobart Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land 1851 Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land 1 87-93 Journal Article: On the manufacture of potash from Tasmanian woods Denison, Sir William Thomas On the manufacture of potash from Tasmanian woods 1851 Report of the Royal Society, Van Diemen's Land for the year 1850 1 93-98 Journal Article: The operation of Teredo navalis on colonial timber Denison, W. The operation of <span style="font-style:italic">Teredo navalis</span> on colonial timber 1852 Papers and proceedings of Van Diemen's Land 2 1 72-4 Book: Varieties of vice-regal life Denison, William Varieties of vice-regal life London Longmans, Green and Co Ltd 1870 Resource: Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Resource: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Book Section: Denison, Sir William Thomas (1804-1871), governor-general Currey, C. H. Denison, Sir William Thomas (1804-1871), governor-general Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1972 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J Douglas Pike 46-53 Edited Book: Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2: 1830-1890 Bailey, M. R.; Chrimes, M. M.; Cox, R. C.; Cross-Rudkin, P. S. M.; Hurst, B. L.; McWilliam, R. C.; Rennison, R. W.; Ruddock, E. C.; Sutherland, R. J. M.; Swailes, T. Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2: 1830-1890 London, United Kingdom Thomas Telford Publishing 2008 Journal Article: Sir William Dennison as a Conchologist Iredale, T.; and Whitley, G.P. Sir William Dennison as a Conchologist 1964 Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 27-30 Book: A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania Pybus, Cassandra A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania Sydney Allen & Unwin 2024 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Resource: Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Federation and Meteorology 2001 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001 William Thomas Denison - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales William Thomas Denison - Records FM 3/795 1856 - 1867 Correspondence and related records 1856-67 (microfilm, 1 reel) chiefly regarding his role as Governor of NSW but also on the North Australia Exploring Expedition [FM 3/795]. Letter-books 1846-64. Microform William Thomas Denison - Records University of Tasmania Library William Thomas Denison - Records 1846 - 1864 Microfilm of letter-books 1846-64 from records held by the Mitchell Library. 1 reel Edward Pearson Ramsay - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Edward Pearson Ramsay - Records ML MSS 563 1860 - 1912 Correspondence and miscellaneous papers 1860-1912, containing letters dealing with natural history received from scientific colleagues, including, W.T. Denison, W. Woolls, W.B. Clarke, S. Diggles, A.W. Scott and his daughters Harriett and Helena, C. French (senior), K.H. Bennett, J. MacGillivray, G.W. Barnard, W.E. Armit, K. Broadbent, J.T. Cockerell, J. Rainbird, R. Grant, T.A. Gulliver, S. White, J.F. Wilcox, Count Castlenau [Laporte, François] and F. Mueller. 7 volumes