Biographical entry Gill, William Wyatt (1828 - 1896)

Summary

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.

Details

Events

1850

Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of London

1852 - 1872

Career position - Missionary in the Cook Islands

1876

Career position - Myths and songs from the South Pacific published in London

1877 - 1883

Career position - Missionary in Raratonga

c. 1888

Career position - Revised the Raratongan bible (published in London 1888)

1889

Education - Honorary Doctorate received from the University of St Andrews, Scotland

1894

Career position - From darkness to light in Polynesia published (London)

Published resources

Book Sections

• Gunson, Niel, 'Gill, William Wyatt (1828-1896)', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 4, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1972, p. 249. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040282b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Gill, William Wyatt', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1053941. Details