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Gill, William Wyatt (1828 - 1896)
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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.
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1850Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of London
1852 - 1872Missionary in the Cook Islands
1876Myths and songs from the South Pacific published in London
1877 - 1883Missionary in Raratonga
c. 1888Revised the Raratongan bible (published in London 1888)
1889Honorary Doctorate received from the University of St Andrews, Scotland
1894From darkness to light in Polynesia published (London)

 
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Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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