Richard Taylor (missionary)
Richard Taylor FGS | |
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Born | |
Died | 10 October 1873 | (aged 68)
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Missionary |
Spouse | Mary Catherine Fox (married 1829) |
Richard Taylor
He attended Queens' College, Cambridge and after graduating BA in 1828, he was ordained as a priest on 8 November 1829.[1] In 1835, he was conferred MA and appointed a missionary in New Zealand for the CMS.[1]
Church Missionary Society
He was present at the signing of the
In 1848, Taylor wrote A Leaf from the Natural History of New Zealand (1848).[8]
In 1849 he travelled back to Whanganui via
After his death on 19 October 1873, his son, the Revd Basil Kirke Taylor, took over the Whanganui mission.[15]
He wrote numerous books about the natural and cultural environment of New Zealand in his time.[14]
Gallery
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Plate 1 of Te Ika a Maui.
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Dactylanthus taylorii named after its discoverer, Richard Taylor.
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The Rev Richard Taylor with Hoani Wiremu Hīpango and family walking by the third Putiki Mission church.
Artist: George Sherriff
Works
- Taylor, Richard (1848). A Leaf from the Natural History of New Zealand. Wellington: Robert Stokes.
- Taylor, Richard (1855). Te Ika a Maui, or New Zealand and its Inhabitants. London: Wertheim and Macintosh.
- Taylor, Richard (1868). The Past and Present of New Zealand; With Its Prospects for the Future. London: William Macintosh.
Further reading
- Chapple, L. J. B.; Barton, Cranleigh (1930). Early Days in Whanganui (1840–1850). Wanganui: H. I. Jones & Son Limited.
- Macgregor, Miriam Florence (1975). Petticoat Pioneers: North Island Women of the Colonial Era. Vol. 2. Wellington: Reed. ISBN 0589011340.
- Mead, A. D. (1966). Richard Taylor: Missionary Tramper. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed.
- Owens, J. M. R. (2004). The Mediator: A Life of Richard Taylor 1805–1873. Wellington: Victoria University Press.
- Ross, Janet E. (February 1965). The Missionary Work of the Rev. Richard Taylor at Wanganui (MA). Victoria University of Wellington.
- Smith, Howard Ulph; Robertson (née Taylor), Sylvia Edith (3 December 2011). "The Rev. Richard TAYLOR". The Descendants of William TAYLOR circa 1628. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- Springer, Randal, ed. (1993). The Missionary's Daughter: Early Days at the Putiki Mission and Wanganui from Diaries of Laura Taylor. Wanganui: Whanganui Historical Society Inc. ISBN 0473019442.
References
- ^ a b c d Owens, J. M. R. (1990). "Taylor, Richard". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ Bedggood, W.E. (1971). Brief History of St John Baptist Church Te Waimate. News, Kaikohe.
- ^ Rogers, Lawrence M. (1973). Te Wiremu: A Biography of Henry Williams. Pegasus Press.
- ^ "The Church Missionary Gleaner, July 1843". Progress of the Gospel in the Western District of New Zealand – The Death of Rev J Mason. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ "The Church Missionary Gleaner, June 1845". Erection of Places of Worship in New Zealand. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- ^ "The Church Missionary Gleaner, September 1845". Anxiety of New Zealanders for Instruction. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ "The Church Missionary Gleaner, November 1847". Visit of the Governor of New Zealand to Wanganui. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ Taylor, Richard (1848). A Leaf from the Natural History of New Zealand. New Zealand Electronic Texts Collection.
- ^ "The Church Missionary Gleaner, August 1850". The Old Chief Tumuwakairia. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "The Church Missionary Gleaner, December 1847". Administration of the Lord's Supper at Pipiriki, New Zealand. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ "The Church Missionary Gleaner, June 1853". The Cave at Okura, New Zealand. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "The Church Missionary Gleaner, August 1853". Manihera, and His Murderer, Huiatahi. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ Diana Beaglehole (February 2010). "Whanganui places – River settlements". Te Ara –the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
- ^ a b Foster, Bernard John (1966). McLintock, Alexander Hare (ed.). "Taylor, Richard". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "The Church Missionary Gleaner, April 1874". The Late Rev. R. Taylor. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 24 October 2015.