- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE4345
Pell, Jane Juliana
(1825 – 1970)- Born 1 January, 1825, England
- Died 1 January, 1970, Hobart Tasmania Australia
- Occupation Homemaker
Summary
Jane Juliana Pell was the wife of Morris Birkbeck Pell, the first professor of mathematics and philosophy at the University of Sydney.
Details
Jane Juliana Pell was the wife of Morris Birkbeck Pell, the first professor of mathematics and philosophy at the University of Sydney. The couple married in England on 17 February 1852 before migrating to New South Wales to take up the appointment.
Pell had 11 children between 1859 and 1869. However, the marriage was not a happy one and she returned to England in 1873. She subsequently came back to Australia but lived in Hobart, estranged from her husband. When Morris Pell died in 1879, he left an annuity of £80 to her, with the provision that she did not return to Sydney.