William Henry John Seffern (1829–1900) was a New Zealand printer, newspaper editor, journalist and historian.
Born in
County Cork
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Ireland
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in 1829, he emigrated to Australia before moving to Auckland, New Zealand in the 1850s. As of the mid-1860s, Seffern he was the manager and later proprietor of the Auckland newspaper, the ''New-Zealander''.
In 1868 he became the manager and editor of the ''
Taranaki Herald
The ''Taranaki Herald'' was an afternoon daily newspaper, published in New Plymouth, New Zealand. It began publishing as a four-page tabloid on 4 August 1852. Until it ceased publication in 1989, it was the oldest daily newspaper in the country.
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He wrote a number of works on the history of
Taranaki
Taranaki is a region in the west of New Zealand's North Island. It is named after its main geographical feature, the stratovolcano of Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont.
The main centre is the city of New Plymouth. The New Plymouth Dist ...
in the 1880s and 1890s.
He retired from the ''Taranaki Herald'' in 1895,
and died in New Plymouth in October 1900.
References
1829 births
1900 deaths
19th-century New Zealand historians
New Zealand journalists
People from County Cork
Irish emigrants to New Zealand (before 1923)
New Zealand editors
New Zealand magazine editors
19th-century journalists
Male journalists
19th-century male writers
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