William Wyatt Gill
William Wyatt Gill (born December 27, 1828 in Bristol , England , † November 11, 1898 in Marrickville , Sydney ) was an Australian missionary and ethnologist .
Life
He was the son of John Gill of Barton Hill and his wife Jane. Raised in the Kingsland Congregational Chapel in Bristol, he decided early on to train as a preacher. He was admitted to the London Missionary Society in 1851 and landed on November 15 of the same year in Hobart , Tasmania . 1852-72 he worked almost exclusively in Mangaia on the Cook Islands . Some of his publications and work for the Royal Geographical Society he made in London from 1873 to 1877. He then resumed his missionary service and lived in Rarotonga until his wife's death in 1883 . In the last years of his life he worked in Sydney.
Gill represented as one of the first religion and culture of the Polynesian peoples .
Works
- Gems from the Coral Islands. Western Polynesia comprising the New Hebrides group, the Loyalty group, New Caledonia group. London 1855. ( archive.org )
- Life in the Southern Isles; or, Scenes and Incidents in the South Pacific and New Guinea. London 1876.
- Myths and Songs from the South Pacific . London 1876. ( archive.org )
- Historical Sketches of Savage Life in Polynesia. Wellington 1880. ( archive.org )
- Work and Adventure in New Guinea 1877 to 1885. London 1885.
- Jottings from the Pacific. London 1885. ( archive.org )
- The Genealogy of the Kings of Rarotonga and Mangaia as illustrating the Colonization of that Island and the Hervey Group. 1889 ( Online ), New Zealand Electronic Text Collection , (NZETC)
- The South Pacific and New Guinea . Sydney 1892. ( archive.org )
- From Darkness to Light in Polynesia. London 1894. ( archive.org )
See also
literature
- Niel Gunson: Gill, William Wyatt (1828-1896) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 4. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1972, ISBN 0-522-84034-5 (English).
- Michael PJ Reilly: Works by Mary Layman Gill (Mrs Wyatt Gill) and William Wyatt Gill. In: The Journal of Pacific History. Vol. 27, No. 1 (June, 1992), pp. 107-114.
Web links
- Works in the Internet Archive
- Gill, William Wyatt, 1828-1896 . Monash University Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gill, William Wyatt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian missionary and ethnologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bristol |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 11, 1898 |
| Place of death | Marrickville |