William Frederick Wakeman
William Frederick Wakeman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1822 |
| Died | 15 October, 1900 (aged 77–78) |
| Nationality | Irish |
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.[1]
After the closing of the topographical department of the Survey, he took teaching roles at St. Columba's College in County Meath[1] and the Portora Royal and District National Model schools in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.[2] He eventually abandoned art to pursue his interest in archaeology.[1]
Wakeman died on 15 October 1900, in Coleraine, County Londonderry.[1]
Works
- Wakeman, W.F. (1848), Archaeologica Hibernica: A Hand-book of Irish Antiquities
- Archaeologica Hibernica: A Hand-book of Irish Antiquities (2nd ed.), 1891
- Cooke, John, ed. (1903), Wakeman's Handbook of Irish Antiquities (3rd ed.), Dublin: Hodges, Figgis & Co, pp. iii–viii
- Wakeman, W.F. (1852), Three Days On the Shannon: From Limerick to Lough Key
- Wakeman, W.F. (1853), Dublin: what's to be seen and how to see it, hdl:2027/uiug.30112037321723
- Wakeman, W.F. (1865), Tourists' guide through Dublin and its interesting suburbs : specially suited to the visitors of the international exhibition, 1865
- Wakeman, W.F. (1870), Lough Erne, Enniskillen, Belleek, Ballyshannon, and Bundoran : with routes from Dublin to Enniskillen and Bundoran.
- Wakeman, W.F. (1887), The tourist's guide to Ireland
- Wakeman, W.F. (1893), A survey of the antiquarian remains on the island of Inismurray
- Wakeman, W.F. (1886), Graves and monuments of illustrious Irishmen
- As illustrator only
- O'Rorke, T. (1878), History Antiquities, and Present State of the Parishes of Ballysodare and Kilvarnet in the County of Sligo
- O'Connor, D. (1879), Lough Derg and its Pilgrimages
- Wood-Martin, W.G. (1886), The Lake Dwellings of Ireland : or Lacustrine Habitations of Erin, commonly called Crannogs, Hodges, Figgsis, & Co. : Dublin; Longmans, Green, & Co. : London
References
- ^ a b c d "William Frederick Wakeman". Changing Libraries Initiative – reading-room. An Chomhairle Leabharlanna. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
- ^ Wakeman 1870, Title page.