William Colenso

New Zealand printer, botanist, explorer, missionary and politician (1811-1899) · Scientists · Died at 87

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William Colenso 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 in 1840 and later wrote an account of the events at the signing.

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Proof copy of the Epistles to the Ephesians and Philippians, printed in Paihia 17 February 1835, with the corrections of translator William Williams

Awards

Fellow of the Royal Society

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Spouse: Elizabeth Colenso

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Scientists born in the 1810s 6

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