A collection of papers, 1853-72 and 1912, relating to the Bishop J.C. Patteson taken from the Selwyn Papers held in the Library of Selwyn College, Cambridge [microform]

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A collection of papers, 1853-72 and 1912, relating to the Bishop J.C. Patteson taken from the Selwyn Papers held in the Library of Selwyn College, Cambridge [microform]

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Patteson, John Coleridge, 1827-1871

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John Coleridge Patteson, 1827-1871, first missionary bishop in Melanesia, was born in England and ordained in 1853. In 1855 he left England for Auckland and in 1856 made his first voyage to Melanesia where he initiated a scheme of educating Melanesian boys in New Zealand and Norfolk Island. In 1861 Patteson was consecrated bishop and in addition to his religious and educative pursuits, studied Melanesian languages. Patteson was killed on the island of Nukapu in 1871. From the descrip...