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The Reverend William Ellis (1794–1872), Missionary, Botanist and Author, of Rose Hill, Hoddesdon

William Day Keyworth the elder (1817–1897)

Lowewood Museum

The Reverend William Ellis (1794–1872), Missionary, Botanist and Author, of Rose Hill, Hoddesdon
The Reverend William Ellis (1794–1872), Missionary, Botanist and Author, of Rose Hill, Hoddesdon
The Reverend William Ellis (1794–1872), Missionary, Botanist and Author, of Rose Hill, Hoddesdon
The Reverend William Ellis (1794–1872), Missionary, Botanist and Author, of Rose Hill, Hoddesdon
The Reverend William Ellis (1794–1872), Missionary, Botanist and Author, of Rose Hill, Hoddesdon
The Reverend William Ellis (1794–1872), Missionary, Botanist and Author, of Rose Hill, Hoddesdon
The Reverend William Ellis (1794–1872), Missionary, Botanist and Author, of Rose Hill, Hoddesdon
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William Ellis was a missionary, working in the South Sea and Hawaiian Islands. He was also pastor of the Congregationalist Church in Hoddesdon between 1847 and 1852 and this bust used to stand in the church. Ellis wrote influential books on the islands he visited, describing the culture, wildlife and plants. Keyworth, a marble sculptor from Hull, made this bust after Ellis married his second wife, Sarah Stickney. Sarah established a girls' school at Rawdon House in 1845.

Lowewood Museum

Hoddesdon

Title

The Reverend William Ellis (1794–1872), Missionary, Botanist and Author, of Rose Hill, Hoddesdon

Date

c.1850

Medium

plaster

Measurements

H 67 x W 34 x D 32 cm

Accession number

1970.359

Work type

Bust

Signature/marks description

reverse, along lower shoulders: W. D. Keyworth

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High Street, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire EN11 8BH England

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William Day Keyworth the elder

1817–1897

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