William Henry John Seffern (1829–1900) was a New Zealand printer, newspaper editor, journalist and historian. ^[1] Born in County Cork, Ireland in 1829, he emigrated to Australia before moving to Auckland, New Zealand in the 1850s. As of the mid-1860s, Seffern he was the manager and later proprietor of the Auckland newspaper, the New-Zealander. ^[1] In 1868 he became the manager and editor of the Taranaki Herald. ^[1] He wrote a number of works on the history of Taranaki in the 1880s and 1890s. ^[1] He retired from the Taranaki Herald in 1895, ^[2] and died in New Plymouth in October 1900. ^[1]

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