Biographies – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Binns, George

1815–1847

Chartist leader, poet

Birchfield, Constance Alice

1898–1994

Housekeeper, trade unionist, hotel maid, communist, bookseller, political activist

Bird, William Watson

1870–1954

Headmaster, school inspector, educational administrator, Maori linguist

Birks, Lawrence

1874–1924

Electrical engineer

Björk, Carl Axel

1880–1952

Whaler, goldminer, character

Black, Helen McKenzie

1896–1963

Mayoress, community worker

Black, James Gow

1835–1914

Chemist, mineralogist, lecturer, university professor

Black, Sholto Kairakau

1902–1963

Te Whanau-a-Apanui and Te Whakatohea; teacher, principal, community services co-ordinator, community leader

Black, William Pierpont

1876/1877?–1942

Wood carver, journal editor and publisher, journalist

Blackett, Annie Maude

1889–1956

Librarian

Blackett, Henry

1819/1820?–1907

Storekeeper, politician

Blackett, John

1818–1893

Engineer

Blackie, Jeannetta Margaret

1864–1955

Governess, teacher, church administrator

Blackwell, Ellen Wright

1864–1952

Writer, botanist

Blaiklock, Edward Musgrave

1903–1983

Schoolteacher, university professor, classicist, writer

Blair, John Rutherfurd

1843–1914

Printer, publisher, bookseller, businessman, educational administrator, mayor

Blair, William Newsham

1841–1891

Engineer, surveyor

Blake, Geoffrey

1882–1968

Naval officer

Blake, Joan Isabel Faulkner

1921–1990

Journalist, broadcaster

Binney to Blake

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