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William Colenso (17 November 1811 – 10 February 1899) FRS was a Cornish Christian missionary to New Zealand, and also a printer, botanist, explorer and politician. He attended the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi and later wrote an account of the events at Waitangi.
8 de nov. de 2017 · William Colenso (1811-1899) arrived at the Bay of Islands as the Church Mission printer in December 1834. Among his notable printing achievements were the Declaration of Independence of New Zealand (printed in 1836), a complete New Testament in Māori (1838) and Hobson’s proclamations and the Treaty of Waitangi in Māori (all in 1840).
Colenso, William. 1811–1899. Printer, missionary, explorer, naturalist, politician. This biography, written by David Mackay, was first published in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography in 1990. William Colenso was born probably on 17 November 1811 and was baptised on 13 December 1811 in Penzance, Cornwall, England.
Mission printer William Colenso was asked to prepare these proclamations and a printed circular letter in Māori to the high chiefs of the United Tribes announcing that a ‘rangatira’ from the Queen of England had arrived ‘hei Kawana hoki mo tatou’ (to be a Governor for us).
1 de nov. de 2013 · William Colenso: His Life and Journeys is the most thoroughly researched and comprehensive biography of this forceful individual, deserving a new edition. The author. IAN ST GEORGE is a retired general practitioner. He came to Colenso studies through his interest in native orchids.
14 de nov. de 2013 · William Colenso (1811–1899) came to New Zealand in 1834 to set up a printing press for the Church Missionary Society, accepting the opportunity as ‘a heaven-sent chance to utilize his humble trade in the direct service of God’. At Paihia he produced the first book printed in New Zealand—the Māori New Testament.
COLENSO, William. (1811–99). Missionary, printer, explorer, botanist, and politician. A new biography of Colenso, William appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. William Colenso was born in Penzance, Cornwall, on 17 November 1811, the eldest child of Samuel May Colenso, a saddler and town councillor of Penzance.
