New Zealand and its native population, 1841 t.p. (Ernest Dieffenbach)
Te ara WWW site, viewed on May 19, 2014 biographies (Dieffenbach, Johann Karl Ernst, 1811-1855, Explorer, naturalist, linguist, writer; said to have been born at Giessen in the Grand Duchy of Hesse on January 27, 1811; Ernest Dieffenbach, as he became known in England; first trained scientist to live and work in New Zealand; returned to England in October 1841; died in 1855, probably on October 1)