Aaron Buzacott
British missionary
Born on: March 4, 1800Died on: September 20, 1864
Aged: 64 years 200 days (774 months)
Nationality: British
Birth Sign: Pisces
Aaron Buzacott the elder was a British missionary, Congregationalist colleague of John Williams, author of ethnographic works and co-translator of the Bible into Cook Islands Māori.
Buzacott was a central figure in the South Seas missionary work of the London Missionary Society, and lived on Rarotonga from 1828 to 1857.
During his time there, he assisted in the development of the written form of Cook Islands Māori, compiling a primer on English and Cook Islands Maori grammar.
Buzacott, along with Williams and other missionary colleagues, contributed to the first translation of the Bible into that language, and translated additional theological texts including lectures from his education in London.
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