Richard Godfrey was a priest who worked as a missionary for the

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. Godfrey was educated at

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and

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in 1916. After a

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in Middleton, Christchurch, New Zealand he was a missionary on

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from 1918 to 1919. He was subsequently at

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from 1920 to 1927, and on the

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from 1928. He was

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of Southern Melanesia from 1934 to 1935. After his missionary service he served the church in

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and

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1951/2 p490: London; OUP; 1951

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