About William Frederick Wakeman
Lived 1822 – 1900. William Frederick Wakeman was a British anthropologist, archaeologist and artist.
Wakeman's illustration of pilgrims rowing to Station Island on Lough Derg, County Donegal. alt=Black and white line drawing of a rowboat on a lake, with a small populated island in the background. William Frederick Wakeman (1822 – 15 October 1900) was an Irish archaeologist, initially producing works as an artist and then as an author.
Life W. F. Wakeman was born in Dublin, 1822. His father was a publisher. A student of George Petrie, Wakeman produced pen and pencil sketches of land features and antiquities while employed as a draughtsman by the Ordnance Survey of Ireland. The works of this period are held by the Royal Irish Academy.
Works
As illustrator only
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Who was William Frederick Wakeman?
Irish archaeologist (1822–1900)
When was William Frederick Wakeman born?
William Frederick Wakeman was born in 1822 in Dublin.
When did William Frederick Wakeman die?
William Frederick Wakeman died in 1900 in Coleraine.
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William Frederick Wakeman was an anthropologist, archaeologist and artist.
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William Frederick Wakeman was British.
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