Thomas Hornor
Thomas Hornor (1785–1844) was an English land surveyor, artist, and inventor. Thomas Hornor was born on 12 June 1785 into the Quaker family of a grocer in Hull, Hornor (sometimes spelled Horner) learned surveying and engineering from his brother-in-law. Soon after 1800 he surveyed the Free Grammar School in Manchester, and was settled in London by 1807.
Also recorded as Thomas Horner-1844 · Thomas Horner
Thomas Hornor
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- Born
- 1785 · England.
- Died
- 1844
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Great Britain · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · United States
- Occupation
- painter · surveyor
- Languages
- English
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Born at England in 1785, died in 1844.
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Thomas Hornor, a topographer, gardener, engraver, builder, surveyor, landscape architect, painter and printmaker, was born in 1785 in Kingston-Upon-Hull and died in 1844 in New York. Both events are recorded by the Getty Union List of Artist Names.
The recorded working language is English. Places of work recorded in the authority are Ossining. Work by Thomas Hornor is recorded in the collections of Yale Center for British Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Print Collection.
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Drawn and etched by Thomas Hornor, aquatint by John Hill · This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. See the Image and Data Resources Open Access Policy
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Drawn and etched by Thomas Hornor, aquatint by John Hill · This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. See the Image and Data Resources Open Access Policy
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- 1.The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 2004-09-23. 10.1093/ref:odnb/41113.
- 2.Hyde, Ralph. Thomas Hornor: Pictural land surveyor. Imago Mundi. 29. 1. 23–34. 1977. 0308-5694.
- 3.Jenkins, Elis. Stewart Williams' Glamorgan historian. D. Brown. 37–50. 1971.
- 4.Advertising: T. HORNOR, PICTURAL DELINEATOR of ESTATES, &c. The Cambrian. 3. 1814-04-30.
- 5.Hornor, Thomas (1785–1844). Gathering the Jewels.
- 6.Gathering the Jewels :: Hornor. education.gtj.org.uk. 2015-04-02.
- 7.Gallery – Hornor. Peoples Collection Wales. 1999-02-22.
- 8.Rheola, Porth yr Ogof. National Museum Wales.
- 9.Elmes, James. A Topographical Dictionary of London and Its Environs. Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot. 144. 1831.
- 10.Timbs, John. Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of Interest in the Metropolis. D. Bogue. 221–224. 1855.
- 11.Charles Knight. The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. 121–123. 1833.
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