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… George William Wallace Webber was born on 15 August 1875 at Nelson, … child of Maria Elizabeth Wells and her husband, Wallace Thomas Webber, a sheepfarmer of Elmslies Bay, French Pass, … Webber, George William Wallace …
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… Alexander William Bickerton was born at Alton, Hampshire, England, on … he attended lectures by P. F. Frankland, John Tyndall and Thomas Huxley. He organised science classes for working men … Bickerton, Alexander William …
Type: Biography
… Francis William Redwood was born on 8 April 1839 in the parish of … New Zealand. From 1913 he had the assistance of Archbishop Thomas O'Shea as coadjutor. Redwood tried to keep a balance … Redwood, Francis William …
Type: Biography
… Georgie Pie fast food restaurant chain in 1977. Early years Thomas Henry Ah Chee was born in Auckland on 4 January 1928, … Chee’s four sons, took over the business with his brother William. The Depression, however, brought the Ah Chee … Ah Chee, Thomas Henry …
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… William Herbert Guthrie-Smith was born William Herbert Smith in Scotland, at Helensburgh, … years. Cuningham soon quit, and Guthrie-Smith later took on Thomas Stuart as his partner. With back-breaking work they … Guthrie-Smith, William Herbert …
Type: Biography
… just one novel. Early life, education and military service William Harrison Pearson was born in Greymouth on 18 January … Pearson, William Harrison …
Type: Biography
… George William Edward Ernest von Zedlitz, first professor of modern … were in Greek and Latin. Before he left Britain William Pember Reeves, agent general for New Zealand in the … academic involvement in the control of its affairs. With Thomas Hunter and T. H. Laby he published the pamphlet …
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… John Buchanan, John Enys, James Hector, Frederick Hutton, Thomas Kirk, Walter Mantell, David Munro, Thomas Potts, George Thomson and William Travers. Towards the end of the 19th century some … to be the source of new finds. Henry Travers (the son of William Travers) found many new plants in the Chatham …
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Part of story: European discovery of plants and animals
… Maria Maynard, daughter of Sarah Binfield and her husband, Thomas Maynard, a butcher, was born on 13 January 1791, at … 20 June 1792, the son of Sarah Greenwood and her husband, William Chapman, a schoolmaster. Anne and Thomas were … hospitality, among them Bishop G. A. Selwyn , Chief Justice William Martin , Governor George Grey and – on one memorable …
Type: Biography
… son, Gordon; her two-year-old daughter; a servant, Thomas Bull; and Isabella Brind, the grand-daughter of Ngāpuhi leader Rewa. Isabella's parents were William Darby Brind , a whaling captain, and Moewaka, Rewa's … in the new Supreme Court building before Chief Justice William Martin . The Crown appointed C. B. Brewer as …
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… the early Church Missionary Society (CMS) missionaries. Thomas Kendall set up a school, produced the first examples … their practical knowledge to both Māori and Pākehā. Henry Williams In 1823 the Reverend Henry Williams, a retired naval captain, arrived to lead the …
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Part of story: Missions and missionaries
… killed his employer Elizabeth Roberton, her two children, Thomas Bull, and Isabella Brind, the granddaughter of Rewa, … Burgess gang: Richard Burgess (also known as Richard Hill), William (Phil) Levy, Thomas Noon (also known as Thomas … assist the war effort. Among the dead were police sergeant William Cooper and constables Edward Best, Frederick Jordan …
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Part of story: Violent crime
… in the habits of honest industry.’ 1 Another missionary, Thomas Grace, taught Māori in the Taupō area to raise … chief returning to his own people; fellow missionaries William Hall, a joiner, John King, a ropemaker, and … of the language. With the help of the missionary printer William Colenso , the Reverend William Williams produced a …
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Part of story: Cultural go-betweens
… was probably placed under the guardianship of her brother William Rogers. In 1860 Victorine was courted by Thomas Frederick Goddard, a gunsmith by trade but at that … was one of 1,200 women and children evacuated to Nelson. Thomas Goddard followed and they were married in Nelson on …
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… William and John Deans, first and third of four sons of John … were born in the parish of Kirkstyle, Riccarton, Scotland. William was baptised on 31 January 1817; John was born on 4 … settlement six months before his arrival there on the Thomas Harrison on 25 October 1842. He was dissatisfied with …
Type: Biography
… on 24 February 1835, the second daughter of the Reverend Thomas Burns , early religious leader of the Free Church … Otago, and his wife, Clementina Grant. Her future husband, William Bannerman, was also of Scots descent. He was born in … flag', a discreet reference to her approaching marriage to William Bannerman. After schooling in Edinburgh William …
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… He arrived in Nelson as a steward on the immigrant ship Thomas Harrison on 25 October 1842. He deserted the ship on … Jennifer Rowling, formerly Rowe, the widow of his neighbour William Rowling, who had died in 1854. Her five-year-old … Hocton died in 1865. By this time her son, now known as William Rowling Hocton, was working with Appo in his cartage …
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… Wiltshire, England, on 23 December 1804. He was the son of Thomas Zillwood, a farmer, and his wife, Elizabeth Silver. … more children were born in Wellington, Mary Ann in 1841 and William in 1844. In the latter year the family lived in … Zillwood's promotion led him to put Mary Ann and William in care, and young Thomas out to work. But when he …
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… the second of 17 children of Mary Ann May and her husband, William Colebrook, a tenant farmer. The family were fervent … London, on 21 September 1852 and had three sons, John William, Alec and Thomas; Alec died in 1857. She arrived in Auckland, New …
Type: Biography
… non-Māori perspective. Explorers like Edward Shortland and Thomas Brunner, geologists like Frederick Hutton, botanists like Thomas Kirk and Joseph Hooker, and ethnographers like William Colenso, Richard Taylor and John White all greatly …
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Part of story: English