Andrew Kennaway Henderson
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Andrew Kennaway Henderson (25 May 1879 – 17 January 1960) was a New Zealand clerk, illustrator, cartoonist, editor and
pacifist Pacifism is the opposition or resistance to war, militarism (including conscription and mandatory military service) or violence. Pacifists generally reject theories of Just War. The word ''pacifism'' was coined by the French peace campaign ...
. He was born in
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. He was imprisoned twice as a
conscientious objector A conscientious objector (often shortened to conchie) is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion. The term has also been extended to object ...
in
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
and drew numerous cartoons from a socialist point of view. He edited and published the left-wing literary magazine ''Tomorrow'' in Christchurch, New Zealand from 1934 to 1940.


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1879 births 1960 deaths New Zealand editorial cartoonists New Zealand illustrators New Zealand pacifists New Zealand conscientious objectors English emigrants to New Zealand 20th-century New Zealand writers 20th-century New Zealand artists 20th-century New Zealand male artists {{NewZealand-writer-stub