William Henry John Seffern (1829–1900) was a New Zealand printer, newspaper editor, journalist and historian.[1] Born in County Cork, Ireland in 1829, he emigrated to Australia before moving to Auckland, New Zealand in the 1850s. As of the mid-1860s, Seffern he was the manager and later proprietor of the Auckland newspaper, the New-Zealander.[1] In 1868 he became the manager and editor of the Taranaki Herald.[1] He wrote a number of works on the history of Taranaki in the 1880s and 1890s.[1] He retired from the Taranaki Herald in 1895,[2] and died in New Plymouth in October 1900.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Harvey, Ross. "William Henry John Seffern". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "The Taranaki Herald". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts]. 1908.
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