Yate, William (Personal Name)

His An account of New Zealand, 1985: t.p. (the Rev. William Yate, missionary of the Church Missionary Society)

LC data base, 5/27/88 (hdg.: Yate, William)

NZ database, Apr. 21, 2006 (hdg.: Yate, William, 1802-1877)

Biographical dictionary of Christian missions, 1998: page 754 (William Yate; British missionary to New Zealand; born 1802 in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England; died 1877; trained at the Church Missionary Society college at Islington; became a priest in the Church of England in 1826; translated biblical excerpts, hymns, and catechisms into Maori; after being dismissed by the Church Missionary Society, he worked as a chaplain with sailors in Devon)