James Copland, Date of Birth, Date of Death

James Copland

Presbyterian minister, doctor, writer

Date of Birth: 03-Feb-1834

Date of Death: 09-Nov-1902

Profession: writer, physician

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

James Copland (3 February 1834 – 9 November 1902) was a New Zealand presbyterian minister, doctor and writer.
He was born in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland on 3 February 1834 and emigrated to New Zealand in 1864.
He was active as a minister in Lawrence and then in North Dunedin, because he resigned from the ministry.
He then practised again as a doctor and moved to Gore, where he died on 9 November 1902.It is believed that the surveyor J.
G.
Roberts named the Copland River on the West Coast of New Zealand for Copland, with the name later adopted for an alpine pass and a glacier.