Julian Tenison-Woods

Julian Tenison-Woods
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Born(1832-11-15)15 November 1832
London, England
Died7 October 1889
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityEnglish
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
EducationMarist seminaries near Toulon, France
Known forGeology
AwardsClarke Medal (1888)
Scientific career
InstitutionsRoyal Society of New South Wales

Julian Edmund Tenison-Woods[note 1] (15 November 1832 – 7 October 1889), commonly referred to as Father Woods,[1] was an English Catholic priest and geologist who served in Australia.[2] With Mary MacKillop, he co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart at Penola in 1866.


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  1. ^ "The Late Father Woods". Southern Cross. South Australia. 11 October 1889. p. 7. Retrieved 29 April 2020 – via Trove.
  2. ^ D. H. Borchardt, Tenison-Woods, Julian Edmund (1832–1889), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 6, MUP, 1976, pp. 254–255. Retrieved 23 March 2010.

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