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Gill, William Wyatt (1828 - 1896)

Missionary

Born: 27 December 1828 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. Died: 11 November 1896 Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia.

William Wyat Gill was a missionary in the Cook Islands 1852-72 and Raratonga 1877-83. He was active in the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science and published widely.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1850 Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of London
1852 - 1872 Missionary in the Cook Islands
1876 Myths and songs from the South Pacific published in London
1877 - 1883 Missionary in Raratonga
c. 1888 Revised the Raratongan bible (published in London 1888)
1889 Honorary Doctorate received from the University of St Andrews, Scotland
1894 From darkness to light in Polynesia published (London)

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997
Modified: 5 December 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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