The Venerable William West Kirkby (24 August 1827-September 5, 1907) was an English Anglican clergyman and translator who spent time as a missionary in Northern Canada.
^The American and Canadian West: a bibliography; Dwight La Vern Smith - 1979 Boon, Thomas CB WILLIAM WEST KIRKBY: FIRST ANGLICAN MISSIONARY TO THE LOUCHEUX. Beaver [Canada] 1965 295(Spring): 36-43. William W. Kirkby (1828-1907) went to the northwest from England for the Church Missionary Society as a missionary
^Elizabeth Field, Blessed by God: The History of Christ's Church, Rye, New York (2001).
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william, west, kirkby, venerable, august, 1827, september, 1907, english, anglican, clergyman, translator, spent, time, missionary, northern, canada, born, lincolnshire, studied, oxford, university, first, anglican, preach, yukon, territory, loucheux, gwich, p. The Venerable William West Kirkby 24 August 1827 September 5 1907 was an English Anglican clergyman and translator who spent time as a missionary in Northern Canada Born in Lincolnshire he studied at Oxford University and was the first Anglican to preach in the Yukon Territory to the Loucheux Gwich in people 1 2 He was one of the Northern missionaries along with Robert McDonald William Bompas John W Ellington and Isaac Stringer and his wife 3 He was one of the earliest translators of the Bible into the Athabaskan languages his New Testament in the Chipewyan language appearing in 1881 Kirkby later served as Archdeacon of York Factory Manitoba on Hudson Bay Rector of St Ann s Brooklyn and from 1887 to 1904 Rector of Christ s Church Rye New York 4 He is buried in the Greenwood Union Cemetery in Rye References edit W W Kirkby The American and Canadian West a bibliography Dwight La Vern Smith 1979 Boon Thomas CB WILLIAM WEST KIRKBY FIRST ANGLICAN MISSIONARY TO THE LOUCHEUX Beaver Canada 1965 295 Spring 36 43 William W Kirkby 1828 1907 went to the northwest from England for the Church Missionary Society as a missionary Virtual Museum of Canada bio Elizabeth Field Blessed by God The History of Christ s Church Rye New York 2001 External links editphoto Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William West Kirkby amp oldid 1183791467, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
