New Zealand politician, missionary, botanist, printer and explorer
See also: New Zealand Church Missionary Society
William Colenso
William Colenso, 1898
Born
(1811-11-17)17 November 1811
Penzance, Cornwall, England
Died
10 February 1899(1899-02-10) (aged 87)
Napier, New Zealand
Occupation
Missionary
Spouse
Elizabeth Fairburn (married 1843)
William Colenso (17 November 1811 – 10 February 1899) FRS was a Cornish Christian missionary to New Zealand, and also a printer, botanist, explorer and politician.[1] He attended the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi and later wrote an account of the events at Waitangi.[2]
^"Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican clergy in the South Pacific" (PDF). 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
^Colenso, William (1890). The Authentic and Genuine History of the Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. Wellington: By Authority of George Didsbury, Government Printer. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
WilliamColenso (17 November 1811 – 10 February 1899) FRS was a Cornish Christian missionary to New Zealand, and also a printer, botanist, explorer and...
Christianity portal John WilliamColenso (24 January 1814 – 20 June 1883) was a Cornish cleric and mathematician, defender of the Zulu and biblical scholar...
Colenso may refer to: Elizabeth Fairburn Colenso, wife of WilliamColenso Frances Colenso (1849–1887), historian, daughter of John WilliamColenso Harriette...
inscribed with Tamil script, acquired in approximately 1836 by missionary WilliamColenso. It was reportedly being used as a pot to boil potatoes by Māori women...
Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-620-06178-0. Retrieved 31 July 2011. John WilliamColenso (1875). Langalibalele and the amahlubi tribe: being remarks upon the...
and her husband Ronald James Hicks. She was educated at Colenso High School (now WilliamColenso College) in Napier, and spent time as a Rotary exchange...
earliest record of the name was by missionaries William Williams and WilliamColenso in January 1838; Colenso speculated that the birds may have resembled...
abolition of the slave trade; Evangelical churchman Charles Simeon; John WilliamColenso, the bishop of Natal who interpreted Scripture and its relations with...
ISBN 9780810860780. Gibson, JY, Story of the Zulus, p. 102. John WilliamColenso (1901). Three Native Accounts of the Visit of the Bishop of Natal in...
history. Ladysmith Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-620-06178-0. John WilliamColenso (1875). Langalibalele and the AmaHlubi Kingdom: being remarks upon...
heteracantha was first described by Scottish zoologist Adam White in 1842. WilliamColenso described the species as Hemideina gigantea in 1882; a name which was...
identified in November 1885 by WilliamColenso, who was sent an incomplete subfossil specimen from a local coal mine. Colenso named the new species S. diversum...
had many differences from the Christian view of the Trinity. John WilliamColenso argued that the Book of Enoch implies a Trinitarian-esque view of God...
colenso.school.nz. "WilliamColenso College Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education. "WilliamColenso College...
Natal, he was brought up from about 12 years of age by Bishop John WilliamColenso and was baptized into the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. Following...
missioner WilliamColenso published Māori translations including parts of books of the Bible, the first books printed in New Zealand. Colenso's 1837 Māori...
Draper, Jonathan A. (1 April 2003). The Eye of the Storm: Bishop John WilliamColenso and the Crisis of Biblical Inspiration. A&C Black. p. 304. ISBN 9780826470904...
church lines. Cox's association with Colenso gave him abundant material for The Life of Bishop John WilliamColenso, D.D., Bishop of Natal, which he published...
Government Printer. Colenso, J.W. (1862), The Pentateuch and Book of Joshua Critically Examined by the Right Rev. John WilliamColenso, D.D., Bishop of Natal:...
CMS in 1849. The Rev. WilliamColenso arrived in December 1834 to work as a printer and catechist. William and Elizabeth Colenso worked at the Waitangi...
(1903–1997), a British historian and writer, educated in St Austell John WilliamColenso (1814 - 1883), first Bishop of Natal John Nettles (born 1943), actor...
desert for such a number as 3,000,000 have been pointed out by John WilliamColenso. In the Bar Kokhba revolt of 132–135 CE, 580,000 Jews were slain, according...
Coprosma autumnalis or C. grandifolia according to earlier Colenso authority, (In Māori: kanono or raurēkau) is a native forest shrub of New Zealand....
history. Ladysmith Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-620-06178-0. John WilliamColenso (1875). Langalibalele and the AmaHlubi Kingdom: being remarks upon...
station (Ekukhanyeni = "place of enlightenment") was established by John WilliamColenso, the first Bishop of Natal, in 1854. The Zulu language writer Magema...
produced by Church Missionary Society printer WilliamColenso, translated into Māori by the Rev. William Williams. The first European settlement was at...
found. The species was originally mentioned without description by WilliamColenso, the name being given as Phormium forsterianum. It was later known...
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