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Haurongo: Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh

Haurongo tūhonohono

Brown, John Macmillan

1845–1935

University professor and administrator

Cock, Joseph Henry

1855–1921

Shipping company manager, patron of the arts

Cook, James

1728–1779

Naval officer, cartographer, navigator, explorer

McNab, Robert

1864–1917

Lawyer, farmer, politician, historian

Smith, Stephenson Percy

1840–1922

Surveyor, public servant, ethnologist, writer

Stewart, William Downie

1878–1949

Lawyer, politician, writer

Williams, Herbert William

1860–1937

Anglican bishop, Maori linguist

Biographies that mention Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh

Heberley, Jacob William

1849–1906

Te Āti Awa carver

Hocken, Thomas Morland

1836–1910

Doctor, historian, collector, bibliographer

Mair, Gilbert

1843–1923

Surveyor, interpreter, soldier, public servant

McCormick, Eric Hall

1906–1995

Teacher, critic, historian, university lecturer, biographer

Suisted, Laura Jane

1840–1903

Writer, journalist, parliamentary reporter

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

J. E. Traue. 'Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/129068/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).