William Cotton
1813
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1879
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Christ Church, Eton College
occupation: beekeeper, Anglican priest, academic
Rev William Charles Cotton (30 January 1813 – 22 June 1879) was an Anglican priest, a missionary and an apiarist. After education at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford he was ordained and travelled to New Zealand as chaplain to George Augustus Selwyn, its first bishop. He introduced the skills of beekeeping to North Island and wrote books on the subject. Later as vicar of Frodsham, Cheshire, England, he restored its church and vicarage but was limited in his activities by mental illness. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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