Name William Kirkby | Died September 1907 | |
William West Kirkby (Lincolnshire 1828-September 5, 1907) was an English Anglican missionary in Northern Canada. He studied at Oxford University, and was the first Anglican to preach in the Yukon Territory to the "Loucheux" (Gwich'in people). He was one of the "Northern missionaries" along with Robert McDonald, William Bompas, John W. Ellington and Isaac Stringer and his wife.
His was one of the earliest Bible translations into Athabaskan languages, his New Testament in the Chipewyan language appeared in 1881. He was rector of Christ Church, Rye, New York, and Archdeacon of York Factory, Manitoba on Hudson Bay.
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