William Fox
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zweiter Premierminister von Neuseeland (1856–1856, 1861–1862, 1869–1872, 1873–1873)
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- Born
- fl. 1791
- Died
- 1813
- Works
- 65
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- An address to the people of Great-Britain on the utility of refraining from the use of West-India sugar & rum
- An address to the people of Great Britain proving the necessity of refraining from sugar and rum in order to abolish the African slave-trade
- An address to the people of Great-Britain (respectfully offered to the People of Ireland) on the propriety of abstaining from West-India sugar and rum
- An address to the people of Great Britain, on the utility of repraining from the use of West India sugar and rum
- The interest of Great Britain
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William Fox (born 1995) is an English organist, currently Sub-Organist of St Paul's Cathedral. Fox was successively a chorister at York Minster, Junior Organ Scholar at Wells Cathedral and Organ Scholar at Hereford Cathedral. While in Hereford he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists (FRCO) and won the Turpin and Durrant prize. He then read Music at Magdalen College, Oxford, from where he graduated with First-Class Honours, and was Organ Scholar under the directorship of Daniel Hyde
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Fox
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Colony of New Zealand
- Place of birth
- South Shields
- Place of death
- Auckland
- Occupation
- barrister
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Image
- Portrait of Sir William Fox.png
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- William Fox (New Zealand)
- date of birth
- 1812-09-02
- date of death
- 1893-06-23
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- William Fox
- name in native language
- William Fox
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Sir William Fox, KCMG (* 1812 in South Shields, England; † 23. Juni 1893 in Auckland) war ein englisch-neuseeländischer Politiker sowie der zweite Premierminister Neuseelands. Er hatte dieses Amt insgesamt viermal inne: Das erste Mal vom 20. Mai bis 2. Juni 1856, das zweite Mal vom 12. Juli 1861 bis 6. August 1862, das dritte Mal vom 28. Juni 1869 bis 10. September 1872, das vierte und letzte Mal vom 3. März bis 8. April 1873. Fox erzielte einen Durchbruch in der Frage der Landrechte der Māori, verbesserte das Bildungswesen (unter anderem Gründung der University of New Zealand) und baute die Autonomie Neuseelands gegenüber dem Vereinigten Königreich aus.
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