Biographies – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Berendsen, Carl August

1890–1973

Senior public servant, diplomat

Bergamini, Carlo Giuseppe

1868–1934

Stonemason, sculptor, commercial traveller

Berry, Reginald George James

1906–1979

Commercial artist, stamp, coin and medal designer, landscape painter

Berry, William

1834/1835?–1903

Journalist, newspaper editor

Bertram, James Munro

1910–1993

Journalist, writer, relief worker, prisoner of war, university professor, editor

Best, Elsdon

1856–1931

Farm worker, soldier, sawmiller, health inspector, ethnographer, writer

Bestall, Leonard Delabere

1895–1959

Architect, draper, museum director, benefactor

Bethell, Marmaduke

1876–1955

Local politician, community leader

Bethell, Thyra Talvase

1882–1972

Community leader

Bethell, Mary Ursula

1874–1945

Social worker, poet

Bettjeman, Agnes Muir

1885–1964

Nurse, community leader

Bettjeman, Frederick Charles

1884–1987

Engineer, soldier, farmer

Beverly, Arthur

1822–1907

Watchmaker, mathematician, astronomer

Bews, Mary Ellen

1856–1945

School principal, educationalist

Bibby, Mary Ann

1832?–1910

Storekeeper, homemaker

Bickerton, Alexander William

1842–1929

Scientist, university professor, eccentric

Bicknell, Jessie

1871–1956

Nurse, military matron, health administrator

Bidois, Louis Hekenui

1899–1955

Ngati Ranginui and Ngai Te Rangi; policeman

Biggs, Reginald Newton

1831–1868

Station manager, soldier, magistrate

Benyon to Biggs

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