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| December 2nd | William Curnow (Birth) |
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William Curnow (1832 – 1903) was born in St. Ives and became a journalist and Methodist minister in Australia and he was the editor of ‘The Sydney Morning Herald’ for 15 years. The son of a tin miner, he worked down the mines whilst also training for the ministry and once ordained he emigrated to Australia in 1854. Curnow served as minister at four Wesleyan Chapels in Sydney and it was at one, Parramatta, that he married Matilda Susanna Weiss, in 1858. In 1859, he was transferred to Queensland for three years before being recalled to Sydney where he served until March 1874 when he returned to England for a few months. He became the editor of the ‘Christian Advocate and Wesleyan Record’ and also contributed to the ‘Sydney Morning Herald’ becoming the editor of the latter in 1886. He retired in 1901 in failing health, and died in 1902, leaving his widow, two sons and two daughters. His wife had been heavily involved in establishing free kindergartens and other education facilities and, in recognition, ‘The Women's College, University of Sydney’ and ‘Curnow Place’, in Canberra, was named in her honour.
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