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Arthur Purchas

New Zealand clergyman, surgeon, musician (1821-1906) · Doctors · Died at 84

Arthur Guyon Purchas was a clergyman, missionary, surgeon, musician, engineer, inventor, pioneer, geologist and botanist born at St. Arvans in the Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, Wales, who lived most of his life in Auckland, New Zealand.

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He was the father of fourteen children and an important figure during British colonisation of New Zealand, described as an 'amazingly versatile colonist'.

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Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1821 to 1906 · aged 84