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… were dead by the time he returned to New Zealand. Painfully homesick during his three years in Ireland (1897–1900), … He studied at the Irish College, graduating in 1903 with a doctorate of divinity. On 31 January 1904 he was ordained to … once he had reached a decision. The college was his home, its staff and students his new family. The first …
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… of Robert Lilburn and his wife, Rosamund Louisa Shield. Home, until the age of nine, was the picturesque and … encouraging the work of others. Awards included an honorary doctorate of music from the University of Otago in 1969, a … appearances. At times, he retreated to his crib (holiday home) at Queensberry, Central Otago, to write and reflect. …
Type: Biography
… placed initially in the London County Council’s Ben Jonson Home in Bethnal Green, shifting to the Norwood Orphan Aid … Israel, arriving in early 1958. Auckland was Friedlander’s home for the rest of her life, first Henderson until 1967, … 2011, and the University of Auckland conferred an honorary doctorate on her in October 2016. Friedlander died at her …
Type: Biography
… and Telegraph linesman. Shadbolt lived in at least a dozen homes before he left school. In 1937, the family settled in … property above the Manukau Harbour that remained his home until his final years. In the basement study of 35 … to New Zealand literature in 1988 and given an honorary doctorate by the University of Auckland in 1997. He spent …
Type: Biography
… group of literary texts ranging from Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus to stories by the Brothers Grimm. Bensemann's … established the private Huntsbury Press at his Christchurch home. In 1985 he was made an OBE for his services to the …
Type: Biography
… production with two pupils in a studio at the family's home in Oriental Bay, but numbers increased as her … an MA with honours in English in 1963 and began work on a doctorate on Heinrich von Kleist. She was appointed an OBE …
Type: Biography
… The Wellington Club attracted lawyers, merchants and doctors, and provided honorary membership to the members of … 2001. Social change hurt membership. Men began sharing more home responsibilities, and police blitzes to prevent …
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Part of story: Men’s clubs
… start in the 1920s, finally established research-based doctorates in 1947, but they were not commonplace until the … scientists, such as mathematician Roy Kerr, returned home after high achievements overseas. There were also a …
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Part of story: Physics, chemistry and mathematics
… master of the college from 1924 to 1928, he completed his doctorate on the labour movement from 1890 to 1894; it was … He continued to lecture and to supervise the education of home missionaries, as well as carrying a heavy load of …
Type: Biography
… two years' hard labour in the South Island, he was returned home ill in January 1881 after serving just four months. … Hīroa (Peter Buck) asking for the latter's services as doctor, and offering to establish health clinics for him at …
Type: Biography
… and the relocation of every known kākāpō to safer island homes. He recognised the threat that introduced mammalian … and he learnt how to keep birds in captivity in his home aviary. Noticing the gradual disappearance of local … in 1990. In 1992 Massey University conferred an honorary Doctor of Science degree on him, and in 1998 he was elected …
Type: Biography
… of plastic. This view was especially short-sighted given doctors administering antibiotics had already begun to … opportunities multiplied, he spent more time away from home. His demanding travel schedule, together with a … inevitably affected his family life. Even when he was at home, Murdoch spent hours developing or refining new …
Type: Biography
… Auckland and the North Shore until El-Jay found a permanent home in Kingston Street, in downtown Auckland, in the … Centre in 2001. In 2004 he established the Gus Fisher Postdoctoral Fellowship for researchers specialising in … exchange. In 2005, Gus Fisher was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Auckland in …
Type: Biography
… to accept her widowed mother's offer of a comfortable home in England, she turned to journalism to support herself … was a 'State hospital for mothers, managed by women, and doctored by women'. Grace Neill faced persistent opposition from doctors, who saw the St Helens hospitals as threats to their …
Type: Biography
… of communalism and not lose sight of her Māori identity. At home at Waahi Pā, the young princess could be found working … provided an opportunity for people to see her on their home marae and discuss the issues of the day. She also … highest civilian honour. She also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Waikato in 1979, and an …
Type: Biography
… the principles of humanity, social justice and equality. Home Miraka (Mira) Petricevich was born in the isolated Far … their education in Auckland. Mira remembered leaving home with little more than the weight of her community’s … women was also recognised when she was awarded an honorary doctorate in law by Victoria University of Wellington in …
Type: Biography
… acute rheumatic fever. He married Margaret Annie Birks, a doctor, at Silverstream on 1 February 1941; they were to have four daughters and a son. Once home, Charles decided to pursue a career in the …
Type: Biography
… by. Among its patrons were prominent lawyers, bankers, doctors and philanthropists. The New York news media … her to broadcast the 1932 Olympics. They retired to a large home and garden in the Los Angeles hills where they became …
Type: Biography
… for the university. Because of the depression Tom returned home to work from 1931 to 1933 as a shepherd on his family’s … on 8 February 1937 he married Claudia Lillian Weston, a doctor and the daughter of Claude Weston, the first …
Type: Biography
… The origins of the Maori Wars , based on his Auckland doctoral dissertation, was published in 1957. This close … 15 October 1976 after divorcing Mary and leaving the family home in Takapuna. Sinclair and Dalziel settled in … on 20 June 1993, aged 70. After his body was returned home, he lay in state, surrounded by Mary, their four sons, …
Type: Biography