Famous Birthdays·March 20·Edward Gibbon Wakefield
Edward Gibbon Wakefield

GBEdward Gibbon Wakefield

1796–1862 (age 66)·English colonial theorist in Canada and New Zealand·Birthday: March 20

Photo: Benjamin Holl (1808-1884) · Public domain

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1836Turned 40
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1862Died at 66
President: Abraham Lincoln

“The art of colonization is the art of transplanting society.”

— Edward Gibbon Wakefield

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