Background
Sulley was born to English parents in Brooklyn, Long Island, United States of America, 30 January 1845, but relocated back to Nottingham when still young.
Sulley was born to English parents in Brooklyn, Long Island, United States of America, 30 January 1845, but relocated back to Nottingham when still young.
As an architect, Sulley is noted for several buildings in Nottingham, among them 2 Hamilton Road, "a fine Victorian dwelling" designed for James White the lace manufacturer in 1883. Although he had no formal training in archaeology, Sulley"s background in architecture allowed him to develop various ideas about Solomon"s Temple and the City of David. His primary area of activity was in writing concerning the temples in Jerusalem: Solomon"s Temple, Herod"s Temple and Ezekiel"s Temple.
In 1929 Sulley was the first to propose that the watercourse of Siloam tunnel was following a natural crack, a theory developed by Ruth Amiran (1968), and Dan Gill (1994).
These public lectures followed a regular pattern: archaeology, architecture, prophecy, and then preaching. On his journeys he would write articles for publication in England giving impressions on the buildings he saw: for example, noting that the Washington Monument was a marvel, but that the corner-towers of Ezekiel"s temple would be two-and-a-half times taller.