Kōrero: Terry, Edward Lionel

Lionel Terry

Lionel Terry

Before his confinement in mental hospitals for the racial killing of an elderly Chinese man in 1905, Lionel Terry was a marathon walker; people who met him invariably commented on his magnificent physique. This photo of Terry was published in his book of verse The shadow in 1904.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/2-021039; F
Photograph by C. E. Churton

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Frank Tod. 'Terry, Edward Lionel', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/3t27/terry-edward-lionel (accessed 26 April 2024)