Gill, William Wyatt ♂

Education

LL.D. 9.2.1889 (Proposed by Principal Donaldson).

Birth/childhood

Born 27.12.1828 at Bristol son of John Gill of Barton Hill and Jane Wyatt.

Career

Studied London University - B.A. 1850 and Highbury College.

Congregational missionary Mangaia, Cook Islands c. 1851-1872. Papua 1872-1873. Rarotongo 1876-1883. Retired to Sydney. [Missionary]

Publications

Historical sketches of savage life in Polynesia.(Wellington: George Didsbury, 1890)

Myths and songs from the south pacific. (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876)

Death

Died 11.11.1896 at Sydney [Australia].

Sources

• Australian Encyclopaedia
• Australian Dictionary of Biography