William Fitzgerald Crawford
William Fitzgerald Crawford (29 April 1844 – 15 December 1915) was a New Zealand storekeeper, brewer, photographer, writer and served as the first mayor of Gisborne, elected in 1877. He was born in , County Tipperary, Ireland on 29 April 1844.[1] During the 1890s and early 1900s Crawford wrote for the Poverty Bay Herald under the pen-name Trix.[2]
References[]
- ^ Robinson, Sheila. "William Fitzgerald Crawford". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ An article from the Poverty Bay Herald dated 30 June 1887 references W F Crawford accepting an award for a poem written under the pen-name "Trix"
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- 1844 births
- 1915 deaths
- Mayors of Gisborne, New Zealand
- New Zealand photographers
- Irish emigrants to New Zealand (before 1923)
- People from County Tipperary
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