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| Birthplace: | London, UK |
| Death: | Died in Wellington, New Zealand |
| Occupation: | 'the Colonizer' author 'A letter from Sydney' emigrated NZ |
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http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/wakefield-edward-gibbon/1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gibbon_Wakefield
Edward Gibbon Wakefield (20 March 1796 – 16 May 1862) was a British politician, the driving force behind much of the early colonisation of South Australia, and later New Zealand. Wakefield, who in 1816 married Eliza Pattle (1799 – 1820), was the eldest son of Edward Wakefield (1774 – 1854) and Susanna Crash (1767 – 1816). He is mentioned and criticised in Chapter 33 of Karl Marx's Das Kapital (Volume 1)
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March 20, 1796
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London, UK
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August 9, 1816
Age 20
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Saint Cuthberts Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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March 18, 1826
Age 29
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May 18, 1862
Age 66
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Wellington, New Zealand
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