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Thomas Bracken (c. December 1843 – 16 February 1898) was an Irish-born New Zealand poet, journalist and politician. [3] He wrote "God Defend New Zealand", one of the two national anthems of New Zealand, and was the first person to publish the phrase "God's Own Country" as applied to New Zealand. [4]
"God Defend New Zealand" was written as a poem in the 1870s by Irish-born, Victorian-raised immigrant Thomas Bracken of Dunedin. [3] A competition to compose music for the poem was held in 1876 by The Saturday Advertiser and judged by three prominent Melbourne musicians, with a prize of ten guineas. [4]
1862 – William Pennington, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1796) 1898 – Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843) 1899 – Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
John Joseph Woods (1849 – 9 June 1934) was a New Zealand teacher and songwriter. He is best known for winning a competition to set "God Defend New Zealand", a poem by Thomas Bracken, to music.
Glen Ridge is a borough in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 7,802, [9] [10] an increase of 275 (+3.7%) from the 2010 census count of 7,527, [19] [20] which in turn reflected an increase of 256 (+3.5%) from the 7,271 counted in the 2000 census. [21]
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Thomas Bracken, who at the 1879 election had unsuccessfully contested the City of Dunedin electorate, was the first representative. [3] At the 1884 election, Bracken was defeated by James Benn Bradshaw, but Bradshaw died during the term (on 1 September 1886) and Bracken won the resulting by-election. He served for the rest of the term and then ...