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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2026-04-28 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001074b.htm person Simpkinson de Wesselow Francis Guillemard AACR2 26 May 1819 4 December 1906 Place of Birth London, England Place of Death London, England Artist Naval officer Francis Simpkinson de Wesselow arrived in September 1844 at Hobart Town to work under J. H. Kay at the Rossbank Observatory. He left Hobart in 1849. He was an accomplished artist, some of his work now being in the Royal Society of Tasmania and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Galery. 1844 1849 Career position - Observer, Rossbank Observatory, Hobart Franklin, John (1786 - 1847)

Simpkinson de Wesselow was Franklin's nephew

 Rossbank Observatory (1840 - 1854)

Observer 1844 - 1849

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 Simpkinson De Wesselow, Francis Guillemard (1819-1906)

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 'Simpkinson de Wesselow, Francis Guillemard', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Simpkinson de Wesselow, Francis Guillemard Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Simpkinson de Wesselow, Francis Guillemard (1819-1906), naval officer and artist Hodgman, V. W. Simpkinson de Wesselow, Francis Guillemard (1819-1906), naval officer and artist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1967 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z Douglas Pike 446-447 Book: Simpkinson De Wesselow, landscape painter in Van Diemen's Land and the Port Phillip district 1844 - 1848 Angus, Max Simpkinson De Wesselow, landscape painter in Van Diemen's Land and the Port Phillip district 1844 - 1848 Hobart Blubber Head Press 1984 Thomas James Lempriere - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Thomas James Lempriere - Records A3343 1834 - 1849 Includes: Diary, Port Arthur, 1834-36; Diary, Port Arthur and Oatlands, 1847-49; articles; correspondence; diary of F.G. Simpkinson de Wesselow, during a surveying voyage, 1837 [4 volumes, 3 documents] 5 volumes, 3 items Francis Guillemard Simpkinson de Wesselow - Records Royal Society of Tasmania Francis Guillemard Simpkinson de Wesselow - Records 1832 - 1845 Information in a diary of G.T.W.B. Boyes c1832-45. A series of paintings is owned by the Royal Society of Tasmania but held in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Artwork