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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

The Rev. William John Dean

The Rev. William John Dean, retired Primitive Methodist Minister, was born in 1826, near Hereford, England. Educated at St. Paul's School, Wolverhampton, Mr. Dean studied for the ministry at Ludlow, Shropshire, where he lived for The Rev. William John Dean page 400 two-and-a-half years, and subsequently for about a year each at Stafford, and at Wellington in Shropshire. In 1854 he went out to Canada, and was ordained, travelling at Brampton, Wallpole and Grand River, Woodstock, and Walsingham. After about four years the reverend gentleman's health gave way, and he returned to England, joining the British Conference. While in the Old Land, Mr. Dean laboured in Gravesend, Kent, in Aveley, Essex, and in the Isle of Wight. In 1860 he came out to the colonies, and was appointed to Newcastle, New South Wales, remaining four years. After this he lived in Mount Barker, South Australia, for three years, and was transferred to New Zealand in 1867. Mr. Dean ministered for three years each in Auckland and Wellington, and for four years in Invercargill. On leaving the latter place he was superannuated, and was appointed secretary of the Colonial Committees, and took the management of the book depot in Wellington, acting also as editor of the Primitive Methodist. Mr. Dean filled these offices for about seven years, when he resumed duty as a minister, living for two years each in Timaru and Geraldine. At the close of his ministry in South Canterbury, the reverend gentleman retired, and settled down in the Empire City, where he still resides.