William Colenso ( c 1811 - 1899 )

Birth: Penzance, Cornwall, England (c 1811) Death: Napier, North Island, New Zealand (10 February 1899) Research Field: Natural history 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 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 4/06/1886.