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Biography: Selwyn, George Augustus

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Bibliography

Davidson, A.K. A controversial churchman: essays on George Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand and Lichfield, and Sarah Selwyn. Wellington, 2011

Evans, J. H. Churchman militant. Wellington, 1964

Limbrick, W. E., ed. Bishop Selwyn in New Zealand, 1841–68. Palmerston North, 1983

Phillipson, G.A. '"The thirteenth apostle": Bishop Selwyn and the transplantation of Anglicanism to New Zealand, 1841–1868.' PhD thesis, Otago, 1992 

Selwyn, G. A. Papers. MS. AR & WTU

Selwyn, S. H. Reminiscences, 1809–1867. qMS. WTU

Tucker, H. W. Memoir of the life and episcopate of George Augustus Selwyn. 2 vols. London, 1879

How to cite this page

Warren E. Limbrick. 'Selwyn, George Augustus', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/128438/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).