Biography of William Colenso

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Biography of William Colenso

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

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Te Papa Collections Online

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Printer, witness to the Treaty of Waitangi, notable amateur botanist and explorer, defrocked priest, and grand old man – this is the life of William Colenso, one of the more colourful figures of nineteenth century New Zealand. He was born in Penzance, Cornwall in 1811 yet lived to see New Zealand evolve from the 1835 Declaration of Independence towards Dominion status, granted soon after his death in 1899.

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Article

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https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/topic/1295

Related subjects

botanists / missionaries / Religious books / printing

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