# William Wellington Gqoba

> William Wellington Gqoba was a South African Xhosa poet, translator, and journalist. He was a major nineteenth-century Xhosa writer, whose relatively short life saw him working as a wagonmaker, a clerk, a teacher, a translator of Xhosa and English, and a pastor.

*South African Xhosa poet, translator, and journalist (1840–1888)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** South Africa
- **Born:** 1840
- **Died:** 1888-04-26
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 37.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.1 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 5.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [William Wellington Gqoba](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wellington_Gqoba)
- [William Wellington Gqoba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wellington_Gqoba)
- [William Wellington Gqoba](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wellington_Gqoba)
- [U-Gqoba, William Wellington](https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Gqoba%2C_William_Wellington)
- [Г’оба, Уильям Веллингтон](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%E2%80%99%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [William Wellington Gqoba](https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wellington_Gqoba)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2575318)

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