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eventREF E-0010934Revised

6 February 1835

Newton Adams, missionary and first medical doctor in Natal arrives with his wife and other missionaries

Updated
30 Sep 2019

How we know this

  1. 01. Adams College (online) Available at:adamscollege.org.za (Accessed 28 January, 2009).
  2. 02. Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds) (1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 6, p. 646

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Newton Adams, missionary and first medical doctor in Natal arrives with his wife and other missionaries. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010934

South African History Online (2011) 'Newton Adams, missionary and first medical doctor in Natal arrives with his wife and other missionaries', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010934 (Accessed: 9 November 2026).

South African History Online, Newton Adams, missionary and first medical doctor in Natal arrives with his wife and other missionaries [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010934, (accessed 9 November 2026).

"Newton Adams, missionary and first medical doctor in Natal arrives with his wife and other missionaries." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010934. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

South African History Online. "Newton Adams, missionary and first medical doctor in Natal arrives with his wife and other missionaries." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010934.

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