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Jerningham Wakefield. Edward Jerningham Wakefield (25 June 1820 – 3 March 1879), known as Jerningham Wakefield, was the only son of Edward Gibbon Wakefield. As such, he was closely associated with his father's interest in colonisation. He worked for the New Zealand Company and later was a member of the Canterbury Association.
- 25 June 1820, London, England
- 3 March 1879 (aged 58), Ashburton, New Zealand
- New constituency
Edward Jerningham Wakefield. Biography. Edward Jerningham Wakefield, born in 1820, was the only son of New Zealand Company founder Edward Gibbon Wakefield. The young Wakefield’s life was inevitably bound up in his father’s colonial and political ventures.
Main image: Edward Jerningham Wakefield. Edward Jerningham Wakefield (1820–79) was the son of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, the prime mover behind immigration schemes from Britain to New Zealand in the late 1830s and 1840s.
Jerningham Wakefield pays careful and respectful attention to the history, political background, tribal and family relationships, territory and status of the individuals and tribes he encountered. He describes everything from buildings and fortifications to cooking in a hangi and scraping flax.
Edward Jerningham Wakefield (25 de junio de 1820 - 3 de marzo de 1879), conocido como Jerningham Wakefield, era el único hijo de Edward Gibbon Wakefield. Como tal, estuvo estrechamente asociado con el interés de su padre por la colonización. Trabajó para la Compañía de Nueva Zelanda y posteriormente fue miembro de la Asociación de ...
WAKEFIELD, Edward Jerningham. (1820–79). Pioneer, explorer, politician, and writer. A new biography of Wakefield, Edward Jerningham appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. E. J. Wakefield was the only son and second child (born London, 25 June 1820) of Edward Gibbon Wakefield with whose interests he closely identified ...
1 de ago. de 2023 · Edward Jerningham Wakefield (1820–1876) was the son of Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796–1862), who was the driving force behind the early colonization of New Zealand and South Australia, founding the New Zealand Association in 1837 with the aim of creating a colony in that country.
