J. C. Beaglehole (1901–1971)
Autore di The Life of Captain James Cook
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John Cawte Beaglehole was a writer, historical advisor, educator, and researcher. He was born on June 13, 1901 in Wellington, New Zealand. He graduated from Victoria University as a history major and earned his doctorate at the London School of Economics. Beaglehole taught with the Worker's mostra altro Educational Association and Auckland University College. In 1936, he became a lecturer in history at Victoria University; in 1948 he was made senior research fellow in colonial history, and in 1963 he was made professor. Beaglehole was also historical advisor to the Department of Internal Affairs, chairman of the board of management of the New Zealand University Press, and a member of the board of trustees of the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum. He served as president of the New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties, and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. An expert on Captain James Cook and the exploration of the Pacific, Beaglehole wrote a biography of the explorer and edited many of Cook's journals. In addition, he assisted in identifying and marking Cook's landing sites in New Zealand and served for 16 years as a member of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. Beaglehole died on October 10, 1971. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Opere di J. C. Beaglehole
The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery: Volume III, Part I: The Voyage of the Resolution and… (2015) 9 copie
The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery. Vol. I. The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771. (1955) — A cura di — 5 copie
The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery: The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780… (2015) 4 copie
The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery: Volume II: The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure… (1961) 4 copie
The Annual Lecture: The Eva G. R. Taylor Memorial Lecture: Some Problems of Cook's Biographer (1969) 2 copie
The Journals of Captain James Cook: Addenda and Corrigenda to Volume I: The Voyage of the Endeavour, 1768-1771 (1968) 2 copie
The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks 1768-1771 (volume 1) — A cura di — 2 copie
Cook and the Russians: An Addendum to the Hakluyt Society's Edition of The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery,… (1973) 2 copie
The Journals of Captain James Cook, the Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776 - 1780 (Vol II) (1967) 1 copia
On the character of Captain James Cook . (The Geographical Journal; vol. 122, pt.4 dec.1956) 1 copia
The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks 1768-1771 Volume II — A cura di — 1 copia
Doctor Agnes Bennett — Prefazione — 1 copia
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- Nome legale
- Beaglehole, John Cawte
- Data di nascita
- 1901-06-13
- Data di morte
- 1971-10-10
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- New Zealand
- Luogo di nascita
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Luogo di morte
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Luogo di residenza
- Wellington, New Zealand
England, UK - Istruzione
- Victoria University College
Mount Cook School, Wellington, New Zealand
London School of Economics
Wellington College, Wellington, New Zealand - Attività lavorative
- historian
- Relazioni
- Beaglehole, Ernest (brother)
Beaglehole, Tim (son) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Order of Merit (1970)
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