Personal details
Full Name:
- Thomas Kendall
Lifetime:
- 1778?–1832?
Biography
Thomas Kendall
Thomas Kendall was one of New Zealand’s first Christian missionaries. He pioneered the transcription of the Māori language, and also investigated how Māori understood the universe.
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Missionaries
The Christian missionaries of the pre-1840s have been described as the 'agents of virtue in a world of vice', although they were not immune to moral blemish themselves.
- Page 3 - Men of vice or virtue?Thomas Kendall established the first mission school, but he was later suspended after admitting an adulterous affair with a Maori
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Main image: Thomas Kendall, Hongi Hika and Waikato, 1820
The Rev. Thomas Kendall and the Māori chiefs Hongi Hika and Waikato, 1820.
