William Colenso
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 125 years ago |
Date of birth | November 17,1811 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Penzance |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | February 10,1899 |
Died | Napier |
New Zealand | |
Spouse | Elizabeth Fairburn Colenso |
Nationality | British |
Founded | MTG Hawke's Bay |
Books | Colenso's Collections: Including the Unpublished Work of the Late Bruce Hamlin on William Colenso's New Zealand Plants Held at Te Papa |
Current partner | Elizabeth Colenso |
Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 968753 |
William Colenso Life story
William Colenso 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.