Henry Williams (missionary)

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title: Henry Williams (missionary)
text: Henry Williams was the leader of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) mission in New Zealand in the first half of the 19th century. Williams entered the Royal Navy at the age of fourteen and served in the Napoleonic Wars. He went to New Zealand in 1823 as a missionary. The Bay of Islands Māori gave Williams the nickname Karu-whā. He was known more widely as Te Wiremu.. His younger brother, William Williams, was also a missionary in New Zealand and known as "the scholar-surgeon". Their grandfather
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description: New Zealand Anglican mission leader
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Williams_(missionary)
date created: 2004-05-11T08:52:11Z
date modified: 2024-09-10T02:31:28Z
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