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:
“This was once
a city among men, a gathering together of spirit.
It was measured by the Lord and found wanting.”
—Robert Duncan (b. 1919)
“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)