Samuel Prout Hill b. c.1820

  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, lecturer, poet and public servant, in the 1840s Hill was very active in the Sydney arts and culture scene. In 1848 he moved to Tasmania where he later turned to politics.
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Name
Samuel Prout Hill
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Lecturer (ANZSIC code: 8102)
  • Public servant (ANZSIC code: 75)
  • Poet (ANZSIC code: 9002)
Birth date
c.1820
Death date
23 October 1861
Active Period
  • 1848 - 1857
  • c.1853
  • 1841 - 1848
  • 1843 - 1847
  • 1845 - 1848
Residence
  • 1848 - 1871 Hobart Town, Tas.
  • 1841 - 1848 Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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References [<ExternalResource: 'Lectures Delivered at the Mechanics Institute Hobart Town', Includes lectures by Hill.>, <ExternalResource: Hill, Samuel Prout (1847), 'A Monody on the Death of Sir George Gipps'.>, <ExternalResource: Hill, Samuel Prout (1843), 'Tarquin the Proud and Other Poems'.>, <ExternalResource: Buckie, H. (1966), 'Samuel Prout Hill', Australian Dictionary of Biography, volume 1, Pike, Douglas (ed.), Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Andel, L.V. (1984), 'Clerk of the House: The Reminiscences of Hugh Munro Hull 1818-1882', Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: (1849), 'Annual Report of the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts for the Year 1848', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: (1 November 1845), Standard.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Stilwell, G.T.>] [<ExternalResource: 'Lectures Delivered at the Mechanics Institute Hobart Town', Includes lectures by Hill.>, <ExternalResource: Hill, Samuel Prout (1847), 'A Monody on the Death of Sir George Gipps'.>, <ExternalResource: Hill, Samuel Prout (1843), 'Tarquin the Proud and Other Poems'.>]