Samuel Duncan Parnell (19 February 1810 – 17 December 1890) was an early New Zealand settler often credited with the establishment of the Eight-hour day in New Zealand.
Read more about Samuel Duncan Parnell: Early Years, 1840–41, 1842–90, Commemoration
Famous quotes containing the words duncan and/or parnell:
“Perhaps he was a bit different from other people, but what really sympathetic person is not a little mad?”
—Isadora Duncan (1878–1927)
“No man has a right to fix the boundary of the march of a nation; no man has a right to say to his country, “Thus far shalt thou go and no further.””
—Charles Stewart Parnell (1846–1891)