John James North (26 July 1871 – 14 July 1950) was a New Zealand Baptist minister, editor and the first principal of the
New Zealand Baptist Theological College. He was born in
Dukinfield,
Cheshire
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, England, in 1871.
He was appointed an
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
in the
1950 New Year Honours "for services to the Baptist organisation in New Zealand". His son
Alfred
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was a lawyer and judge.
References
1871 births
1950 deaths
New Zealand Baptist ministers
New Zealand theologians
People from Dukinfield
English emigrants to New Zealand
New Zealand Officers of the Order of the British Empire
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