Person
Gill, William Wyatt (1828 - 1896)
- Born
- 27 December 1828
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England - Died
- 11 November 1896
Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Minister of religion and Missionary
Summary
William Gill was a missionary in the Cook Islands 1852-1872 and Raratonga 1877-1883. He was active in the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science and published widely.
Details
Chronology
- 1850
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of London
- 1852 - 1872
- Career position - Missionary in the Cook Islands
- 1876
- Publication - Book: Myths and songs from the South Pacific Published in London
- 1877 - 1883
- Career position - Missionary in Raratonga
- 1888 -
- Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
- c. 1888
- Career position - Revised the Raratongan bible (published in London 1888)
- 1889
- Education - Honorary Doctorate, University of St Andrews, Scotland
- 1894
- Publication - Book: From darkness to light in Polynesia Published in London
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Gunson, Niel, 'Gill, William Wyatt (1828-1896), missionary' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1972), p. 249. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gill-william-wyatt-3615. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1505647. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/7484578. Details
- 'Gill, William Wyatt (18281227-18961111)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1767778. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 7 April 2022