William Green (1760 - 1823)

Born 25 Aug 1760 in Manchester, , Lancashire, England

Husband of Anne (Bamford) Green — married about 1798 in City of London, , London, England

Descendants

Died 29 Apr 1823 at age 62 in Ambleside, South Lakeland, Westmorland, England

Biography

William was baptised on 9 September 1760 in Manchester, Lancashire. He was the son of Joshua Green and Catherine Simpson.^[1]

At various times in his life, William worked as a Surveyor, Writer and Artist.

He married Anne Bamford. They were the parents of ten children, Elizabeth, Jane, Sarah, Joshua, Bernard, William (1), Mary, George, William(2) and Thomas.

He died 29 April 1823 in Grasmere, South Lakeland, Westmorland. He is buried at St. Oswald Churchyard in Grasmere, Cumbria.^[2][3]

Research Notes

Where is this biography coming from?:

"William Green was born in Manchester, the son of a schoolmaster. After showing early ability he was sent to Dr Clarke's mathematical school in Salford to learn drawing and geometry. This education equipped him to begin a career as a surveyor in 1778, where his first work was assisting with a major survey of the County of Lancaster. A meeting with the historian and topographer Thomas West encouraged Green to develop his artistic abilities. He opened two drawing schools in Manchester and later spent a brief period in London where he exhibited work at the Royal Academy and mixed with leading artists of the day.

"Green's growing frustration with life in London was compounded by his opposition to the current artistic styles. He determined to make his home in the Lake District and 'adhere as faithfully as possible to nature'. True to his intention, Green's importance is as one of the first artists to produce accurate and objective images of the Lake District. Previous artists came in search of the picturesque and the Romantic. In contrast Green produced a significant body of work ranging from aquatints, etchings and water-colours which were detailed and scientifically observed pieces.

"His biographer Charles Roeder commented: 'his novel method is notable, as the artists have all a conventional and uniform style in regard to the representation of mountains. Those of Mr Green are veritable mountains; he says that he knows their anatomy and he is undoubtedly right'.

"His commitment to the work was reinforced by the fact that he was permanently resident in the Lake District from about 1800, working from his home in Ambleside and a studio in Keswick. For the next twenty-three years he conducted his work with a missionary zeal. He recorded his surroundings, venturing into hazardous terrain where there were no access roads, no way of keeping dry and where the only places to shelter were shepherd's cottages.

"In 1819 Green completed his major work The Tourist's New Guide to the Lake District. Dissatisfied with his output, he intended to produce a series of studies of the neighbourhood of Kendal and of Preston. Always a physically robust man, by 1820 his constitution was weakened by constant exposure to the elements. He died in April 1823 and was buried at Grasmere. His friend William Wordsworth wrote his epitaph."

Highest Grade: in Salford, Lancashire, England. Dr. Henry Clarke Mathematical School
Work and Employment: Surveyor in Manchester 1760-95
Left Manchester in 1796 to study under John Landseer
Moved to Ambleside in 1800
Artist and Publisher, Lake District 1810-1823
Other Information: Published, Survey of Manchester and Salford, 1794 Diaries donated to Abbot Hall Art Gallery Biography, William Green of Ambleside ISBN 6950333549
Education History:
Addresses: 3 Lad Place, Manchester in 1760 74 Charlotte, Portland Place 1796-99 Ambleside 1800-1823

Other marriages

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Joshua Green married Catherine Simpson on 22 February 1756 in Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire. The couple had one child: William Green.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: Media: Index Abbreviation: International Genealogical Index(R) Title: International Genealogical Index(R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1980, 2002 Date: 23 Jul 2009 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y. Citing: Page: citing microfilm 455255, downloaded 1 Aug 2009 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 Date: 1 Aug 2009 (accessed before 21 December 2021)
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177836677/william-green : accessed 21 December 2021), memorial page for William Green (1760–29 Apr 1823), Find A Grave: Memorial #177836677, citing St Oswald Churchyard, Grasmere, South Lakeland District, Cumbria, England ; Maintained by Kilmarnock (contributor 47259834) .
3. ↑ Wordsworth Trust website: https://johndobson.info/Tourists/NumberedPages/Page_38.php
4. ↑ Marriage of other person: Media: Index Abbreviation: International Genealogical Index(R) Title: International Genealogical Index(R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1980, 2002 Date: 23 Jul 2009 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y. Citing: Page: citing microfilm 0438184, 0093595-96 (1754 - 1766) for batch M073542, printout call number 0438184, 0093595-96, (Film), sheet 00, downloaded 1 Aug 2009 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 Date: 1 Aug 2009 (accessed before 21 December 2021)

• Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian ... vol. 14 (1896). WILLIAM GREEN, THE LAKE ARTIST (1760—1823): A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. BY CHARLES ROEDER, pp. 100-130. Public domain writing available at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101076873429&view=1up&seq=162&skin=2021
• https://www.howold.co/person/william-green-painter/biography
• https://johndobson.info/Tourists/NumberedPages/Page_38.php
• Burkett, M.E. and Sloss, J.D.G, William Green of Ambleside: A Lake District Artist (1760-1823), 1984.

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• WikiTree profile Green-5508 created through the import of WTree.JAZ.Ancestors.ged on May 2, 2012 by Dave Zenger