George Kissling
George Adam Kissling
Born (1805-07-03 ) 3 July 1805Died 9 November 1865(1865-11-09) (aged 60) Occupation Missionary Spouse Margaret Moxon (married 1837)Relatives Herbert Kissling (grandson)
George Adam Kissling [ 1] (3 July 1805 – 9 November 1865)[ 2] was the second Archdeacon of Waitemata .[ 3]
Life and career
Kissling was born in Murr, Baden-Württemberg , in Germany.[ 4] A Lutheran missionary who studied at the University of Basel , Kissling served with the German Mission Society in Liberia and Sierra Leone before ill-health led him to go to England.[ 5] He married Margaret Moxon on 3 July 1837 at Islington , London. He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1841 and the following year emigrated to New Zealand .[ 6]
The Kisslings were sent by the Church Missionary Society to work at the Kawakawa (Hicks Bay ) Mission from 1843 to 1846.[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] George Kissling's ill health resulted in a move to Auckland.[ 10]
George and Margaret Kissling opened a Māori girls boarding school in the Auckland suburb of Kohimarama .[ 11] He taught students of theology at St John's College , including Riwai Te Ahu .[ 12] In 1859 he was appointed Archdeacon of Waitemata.
After some years of illness, Kissling died on 9 November 1865, aged 60.[ 13] [ 5]
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