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Edward Marsh Williams (2 November 1818 – 11 October 1909). Edward Williams was the eldest son of Archdeacon Henry Williams and Marianne Williams. Edward Williams was born at Hampstead, London, in 1818. Henry Williams become an ordained member of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) and in 1923 became a Christian missionary in Aotearoa (New Zealand). At the age of 22 in 1840, when Captain William Hobson arrived in New Zealand, Edward assisted his father to translate the Treaty of Waitangi into the Māori language as Edward, having grown up among the Māori at Paihia, was fluent in ''Te Reo'' and understood Māori culture. 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 Māori Land Court) of New Zealand. Edward translated into Māori over 210 hymns and also "The Pilgrim's Progress".〔 He drew HMS ''Herald'' in Sylvan Cove, Stewart Island / Rakiura in 1840.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Treaty of Waitangi Timeline )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Treaty trail )〕 ==Early life== Edward Williams arrived with his parents at the Paihia, Bay of Islands in July 1823 aboard the ship ''Brampton''. Edward was educated in the CMS mission school by his mother and his aunt Jane Williams and by other members of the CMS mission.〔 Henry Williams Journal, 6 Nov 1826 (Fitzgerald, pages 116 & 133)〕 In the year 1835, Edward returned to England in HMS ''Buffalo''. He was apprenticed to a London doctor, but after twelve months he ended his studies as the consequence of brain fever (an uncertain diagnosis) and he returned to New Zealand. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Marsh Williams」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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