Robert Knopwood
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| Born | 2 June 1763 England |
| Died | 18 September 1838 (aged 75) |
| Occupations | Clergyman; magistrate |
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Robert Knopwood (2 June 1763 – 18 September 1838)[1] was an early clergyman and diarist in Australia.
Knopwood was the third child and only surviving son of Robert Knopwood (from a wealthy Norfolk family) and his wife Elizabeth, née Barton of Threxton, Norfolk, England.[1] Knopwood was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and graduated B.A. in 1786, M.A. in 1790.[2] Knopwood was ordained deacon in December 1788 and priest a year later.[3][4]
Knopwood sailed aboard HMS Calcutta and was one of the first settlers in colonial Victoria in 1803, where he officiated at the first birth, first marriage, and first death in the Colony; and also served as the Colony's sole magistrate. The settlement lasted just seven months and the party settled in Hobart Town, in Van Diemen's Land from 1804.[5]
In popular culture
- Chris Haywood portrayed Knopwood in the film The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce (2008).
- The Outlaw Michael Howe aired in Australia on the ABC television network on 1 December 2013. Australian actor Matt Day portrayed Knopwood. He is only shown as a settler and magistrate - not a clergyman.
See also
- Ocean, the ship that brought Knopwood from Port Phillip to Hobart
References
- 1 2 Monks, Linda (2006) [1967]. "Knopwood, Robert (1763 - 1838)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 2. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ↑ "Knopwood, Robert (KNPT781R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ Nicholls, Mary (2006). "Robert Knopwood". www.utas.edu.au. University of Tasmania: Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies, University of Tasmania. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ↑ Knopwood, Robert; Nicholls, Mary (1977), The diary of the Reverend Robert Knopwood, 1803-1838 : first chaplain of Van Diemen's Land (Facsimile ed.), Tasmanian Historical Research Association, ISBN 978-0-909479-09-1
- ↑ Boyce, James (2008). Van Diemen's Land. Collingwood: Black Inc. ISBN 9781760644819.
External links
- Serle, Percival (1949). "Knoppwood, Robert". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
- Knopwood, Robert (25 November 2009), Diary of Robert Knopwood, Van Diemen's Land, 1805-1808, University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Materials Collection, retrieved 7 December 2014