Edward Marsh Williams, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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missionary, interpreter, and judge
Date of Birth: 02-Nov-1818
Place of Birth: Hampstead, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 11-Oct-1909
Nationality: New Zealand
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Edward Marsh Williams
- Edward Marsh Williams (2 November 1818 in Hampstead, London – 11 October 1909) was a missionary, interpreter, and judge who played a significant role in the British colonisation of New Zealand.
- He was the eldest son of Archdeacon Henry Williams and Marianne Williams. At the age of 22 in 1840, when Captain William Hobson arrived in New Zealand, Edward — who had grown up among the Maori at Paihia, and as a result was fluent in Te Reo and understood Maori culture — helped his father translate the Treaty of Waitangi into Te Reo.
- Edward was appointed by Lieutenant Governor Hobson as government interpreter, Clerk to the Court, and the first postmaster at Auckland.
- Edward was appointed to judicial positions: as Resident Magistrate for the Bay of Islands and in 1881 Edward was appointed a judge of the Native Land Court (which became the Maori Land Court) of New Zealand. Williams translated into Maori over 210 hymns and also The Pilgrim's Progress.
- He drew HMS Herald in Sylvan Cove, Stewart Island / Rakiura in 1840.
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