Edward William Barnard [SEP] date of death
Edward William Barnard
Edward William Barnard (1791–1828), was an English divine, poet and scholar.
Life.
Barnard was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College. In 1817 he published anonymously, 'Poems, founded upon the Poems of Meleager,' which were re-edited in 1818 under the title of 'Trifles, imitative of the Chaster Style of Meleager.' The latter volume was dedicated to Thomas Moore, who tells us in his journal that he had the manuscript to look over, and describes
New Zealand outside the Bay of Islands/Hokianga.
- An Anglican mission station is established at Otaki by Reverend Octavius Hadfield.
- A whaling station and trading post is set up at Wairoa by Captain William Barnard Rhodes.
Births.
- 5 January (in Bohemia): Gottfried Lindauer, painter
Births Unknown date.
- (in Jersey): Edward Bartley, architect
Deaths.
- 28 October: Makea Pori Ariki, sovereign of the Cook Islands
- 20 November: John Williams,