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Edward Gibbon Wakefield (20 March 1796 – 16 May 1862) is considered a key figure in the establishment of the colonies of South Australia and New Zealand (where he later served as a member of parliament).
Edward Gibbon Wakefield (20 de março de 1796 - 16 de maio de 1862) é considerada uma figura-chave no estabelecimento das colônias da Austrália Meridional e da Nova Zelândia (onde mais tarde serviu como deputado). [1]
- Bolton Street Memorial Park
- 16 de maio de 1862 (66 anos), Wellington
- Reino Unido da Grã-Bretanha e Irlanda
- Edward Gibbon Wakefield, 20 de março de 1796, Londres
15 de abr. de 2024 · Edward Gibbon Wakefield was a British colonizer of South Australia and New Zealand and inspirer of the Durham Report (1839) on Canadian colonial policy. In 1814 Wakefield became secretary to the British minister at Turin, Italy, and in 1816 he married.
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8 de nov. de 2017 · Learn about the life and achievements of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a clever theorist who masterminded the British settlement of New Zealand and South Australia. Find out how he developed his theories of colonisation, founded the New Zealand Company, and became a Member of Parliament for the Hutt Valley.
Wakefield, Edward Gibbon (1796–1862), promoter of colonization, was born on 20 March 1796 in London. He was the second child and eldest son of Edward Wakefield (1774–1854), philanthropist, land agent, and writer on economics, and Susanna, née Crash (d. 1817), a farmer's daughter from Felsted, Essex.
Edward Gibbon Wakefield was born into a family of English Quaker reformers. Following his elopement with a young heiress who soon died, he was convicted of abducting another and, in 1827, sentenced to three years in London’s Newgate Prison.
Learn about the life and achievements of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a political theorist, colonial promoter, and politician. Find out how he developed his colonisation theory, married three times, and influenced New Zealand's history.
