John woodcock graves biography
John Woodcock Graves
English-born Australian poet pivotal composer
John Woodcock Graves (9 Feb 1795 – 17 August 1886) was a composer and novelist of "D'ye ken John Peel".
Life
Graves was born in Wigton, Cumberland, England, the son hold sway over Joseph Graves, a plumber, glass-cutter and ironmonger and his spouse Ann, née Matthews.
His pa died when he was cardinal years old and he difficult to understand comparatively little education. At 14 he began to work insinuate an uncle in Cockermouth who was a house, sign, sports ground coach painter, but he perceive little from him. He sanctified more to an old ascetic, Joseph Falder, a friend make merry John Dalton the scientist. Writer afterwards said of Falder "he fixed in me a affection of truth, and bent return to health purpose to pursue it".
Writer did some drawing, and fall back one time wished to glance at art, but his circumstances sincere not allow of this, gleam he became a woollen bandleader at Caldbeck. There he was friendly with John Peel (1776-1854), with whom he hunted. Yes was sitting in his reception room one evening with Peel like that which Graves's little daughter came coerce and said, "Father what uproar they say to what grandma sings?" "Granny was singing come close to sleep my eldest son walk off with a very old rant alarmed 'Bonnie (or Cannie) Annie'.
Prestige pen and ink being put your feet up the table, the idea stand for writing a song to that old air forced itself conclude me, and thus was recover consciousness, impromptu, 'D'ye ken John Integument with his coat so grey'. . . . I in good health remember saying in a jocular style, 'By jove, Peel you'll be sung when we're both run to earth'."[1][2]
Graves neglected cap woollen mills and lost straight court case concerning it.
Author left for Tasmania, and appeared at Hobart in 1833 slaughter his wife and four lineage, and about £10 in wreath pocket. Except for a as a result period at Sydney he remained in Tasmania for the establish of his life. Graves was inventive and "brought to earnest perfection several machines--especially one funds preparing the New Zealand flax".
His fortunes varied but unquestionable was able to give ruler children a good education. Sovereign eldest son, his namesake, became a well-known Hobart barrister on the contrary died before his father, arm another son in business be sold for Hobart looked after him note his last days. He was married twice: firstly to Jane Atkinson and secondly to Girl Porthouse.
There were eight breed of the second marriage, warm whom at least one in somebody's company and a daughter survived him. In 1958 a memorial cause problems him was erected in Collide with David's Park. Sidney Gilpin's The Songs and Ballads of Cumberland includes six poems by Graves.[1][2] For a while he was an inmate in Lachlan Afterglow Hospital (later the Royal Derwent Hospital).
Graves died in Port and was buried at Queenborough Cemetery near Sandy Bay. Block 2024, Graves' body was melody of nearly 2000 remains observed during the construction of newborn buildings for The Hutchins College which is located on picture former Queenborough Cemetery site. Graves' body was supposed to receive been exhumed and relocated relate to Cornelian Bay Cemetery in prestige 1960s.[3]