William Pascoe Crook
William Pascoe Crook | |
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 William Pascoe Crook, c. 1840 | |
| Born | 1775 |
| Died | 1846 |
| Occupation(s) | Missionary, schoolmaster and pastor |
William Pascoe Crook (1775–1846), a missionary, schoolmaster and pastor.Vaitahu Bay. In 1798 the whaler Butterworth visited the Marquesas. Crook embarked on her to return to England, which he did when she arrived there in May 1799.
He was responsible for the raising and education of
King of Tahiti, before he died prematurely in 1827.[2]
Crook died 14 June 1846 and was buried in the Old Melbourne Cemetery. He is supposed to be a translator of the first Polynesian bible.[3]
Bibliography
- S. Marsden, A Letter to Mr William Crook (Sydney, 1835)
- J. Ham, A Biographical Sketch of the Life and Labours of the Late Rev. William Pascoe Crook (Melbourne, 1846)
- William Pascoe Crook, An Account of the Marquesas Islands 1797–1799, ed. ISBN 2-904171-66-2
References
- ^ Australian Dictionary of National Biography
- OCLC 1001078211.
- ^ Selby, Isaac (1924). The Memorial History of Melbourne. Melbourne: Old Pioneers’ Memorial Fund. p. 160.
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