Samuel Charles Brees b. c.1810

Also known as S. C. Brees
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Painter)
Samuel Charles Brees moved between England the the antipodes at regular intervals and was an architect, engineer, author and entrepreneur of renown in the colonies.
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Name
Samuel Charles Brees
Also known as S. C. Brees
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Entrepreneur
  • Author
  • Principal surveyor and civil engineer
  • Architect
  • Railway engineer
Birth date
c.1810
Birth place
United Kingdom, United Kingdom?
Birth note
Place uncertain, probably born in either 1809 or 1810
Death date
3 May 1865
Death place
West Indies
Death note
Brees died in the West Indian docks on board the La Hogue en route to London from Sydney
Active Period
  • c.1825 - c.1865
Arrival
  • c.1851 (Arrived Melbourne, Vic.?)
Residence
  • c.1833 - c.1841 London, England, UK
  • c.1810 - c.1833 Birmingham, England, UK
  • c.1842 - c.8 May 1845 New Zealand
  • c.1851 - c.1856 Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1845 - c.1851 London, England, UK
  • c.1858 - c.1861 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1856 - c.1858 Bendigo, Vic.
  • December 1862 - 1864 Sydney, NSW
  • 1861 - 1862 Otago, NZ
  • 1865- West Indies
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • DAA with additions

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Related person groups
  • Royal Academy of Arts, London (associate of)