Hon Thomas Turner à Beckett b. 13 September 1808

  • Artist (Painter)
This sketcher,lawyer and member of the Victorian Legislative Council held ministerial posts and was a trustee of the Melbourne Public Library, Art Gallery and Museum. His drawings or paintings were exhibited at the 1860 Victorian Exhibition of Fine Arts.
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Name
Hon Thomas Turner à Beckett
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • public speaker (ANZSIC code: 9001)
  • trustee (ANZSIC code: 8910) (trustee Melbourne Public Library, Art Gallery and Museum)
  • politician (ANZSIC code: 75)
  • lawyer (ANZSIC code: 6931)
  • sketcher (ANZSIC code: 9002)
Birth date
13 September 1808
Birth place
London, England, UK
Death date
1 July 1892
Death place
Melbourne, Victoria
Burial place
Church of England section , Melbourne General Cemetery
Active Period
  • c.1860 - c.1883
Arrival
  • 1850 (Arrived Sydney, settled Port Phillip, Melbourne, Victoria)
Cultural Heritage
  • Anglican
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: Malone, B. (1966), 'Thomas Turner à Beckett', Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 3, ed. Pike, D., Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: 'Knight Papers', Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Brisbane.>, <ExternalResource: à Beckett, Thomas Turner (Hon) (1871), 'Painting and Painters', Melbourne.>]