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Biography: Williams, Samuel

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Mary Boyd. 'Williams, Samuel', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/129251/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).