| Authorised form of name | Colenso; William (c 1811 - 1899) |
| Dates | c 1811 - 1899 |
| Place of birth | Penzance, Cornwall, England |
| Date of birth | c 1811 |
| Place of death | Napier, North Island, New Zealand |
| Date of death | 10 February 1899 |
| Research field | Natural history |
| Activity | Career:
Apprenticed to a printer; printer to the British and Foreign Bible Society; sent by the Society to New Zealand (1834)and remained there for the rest of his life; established the first printing press in New Zealand; printed the New Testament in the Maori language; became a missionary; ordained to serve a church in Napier; travelled throughout New Zealand; MP for Napier (1861); Honorary Secretary, Hawkes' Bay Philosophical Institute (by 1883); died as a result of a carriage accident
Memberships:
FLS
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 04/06/1886 |
| Relationships | Son of Samuel May Colenso |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 57-60 signed by J D H
References:
Robin J H Clark and Michael J Kelly, 'New Zealand, New Zealanders and the Royal Society' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 263-281
Notes:
Baptised 13 December 1811. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/69861851 |
| Royal Society code | NA7094 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1886/04 | Colenso, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/1/153 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Colenso | 5 July 1886 |
| NLB/20/787 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Joseph Hooker, Fellow of the Royal Society | 10 July 1900 |
| NLB/14/722 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Fellow of the Royal Society | 3 May 1897 |
| NLB/17/564 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 21 November 1898 |
| NLB/18/248 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | [10 February 1899] |
| NLB/19/515 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Lord Joseph Lister, President of the Royal Society | 20 October 1899 |
| MC/14/144 | Letter from [William Colenso], Napier, New Zealand, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 13 August 1866 |
| MC/14 | Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1885-1888 |