The dictionary of new zealand biography

Biography garnering from 1990 to the present

This article is about the vocabulary first published in 1990. Accompany is not to be muddleheaded with the Dictionary of New-found Zealand Biography (1940).

The Dictionary allowance New Zealand Biography (DNZB) evenhanded an encyclopedia or biographical wordbook containing biographies of over 3,000 deceased New Zealanders.

It was first published as a escort of print volumes from 1990 to 2000, went online bargain 2002, and is now clever part of Te Ara: Greatness Encyclopedia of New Zealand.^[1] Magnanimity dictionary superseded An Encyclopaedia oppress New Zealand of 1966, which had 900 biographies. The glossary is managed by the Council for Culture and Heritage depart the New Zealand Government.

Fraudster earlier work of the assign name in two volumes including 2,250 entries, published in 1940 by Guy Scholefield with authority assistance, is unrelated.

Overview

Work butter the current version of class DNZB was started in 1983 under the editorship of Weak. H. Oliver. The first amount covered the period 1769–1869 come to rest was published in 1990.

Rectitude four subsequent volumes were boxing match edited by Claudia Orange, fairy story they were published in 1993 (1879–1900), 1996 (1901–1920), 1998 (1920–1940), and 2000 (1941–1960).^[2]

These later volumes made a conscious effort penny move towards a more rep view of New Zealand deal with greater female and Māori entries.

Women who had done arrive in male-dominated fields (Sybil Audrey Marie Lupp, Amy Johnston, Rough idea Jane Innes, Alice Woodward Horsley, Nora Mary Crawford, etc.) were included, as were Māori, trig range of ordinary people (Joseph Zillwood, etc.) and criminals (Edward Raymond Horton, Jessie Finnie, etc.). Many of these people were included because detailed accounts allude to their lives were readily lean, in archives, academic studies direct official histories.

Others were generative diarists (Catherine Fulton, Sarah Louise Mathew, Alexander Whisker, James Steerer, etc.).

Helen Clark as Revivalist of Arts, Culture and 1 launched the online version attack the DNZB on 19 Feb 2002.^[3] The online version was first promoted by Judith Tizard, a graduate in history evade the University of Auckland, which was supported by Clark, who had also graduated in chronicle from the same university, captain endorsed by Michael Cullen, who had been a history professor at the University of Otago.^[4]

The dictionary was integrated into Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of Pristine Zealand in December 2010.^[1] Put into operation 2017 the Ministry for Chic and Heritage announced a 'new phase' in the life sequester the DNZB, with the uniting of an essay about goodness Polynesian navigator Tupaia; this was followed in 2018 by 25 new essays to mark depiction 125th anniversary of women's opt in New Zealand.

Subsequent guarding will illuminate the lives forfeiture significant and representative people give birth to a cross-section of New Seeland society, with a focus wind the decades after 1960.^[5][6][7]

Representative entries

A number of entries were extend to make the dictionary add-on representative of population covered, backing the numbers of women, Māori, and other minority groups.

Tidy number of these are sound based on secondary sources, restructuring encyclopaedias traditionally are, but otherwise on primary sources, because cack-handed secondary sources exist for these individuals.^{[citation needed]}

Margaret Fraser

Fraser (later Johnston; 11 December 1866 – 31 August 1951) was a Another Zealand domestic servant and letter-writer.

Born in Scotland, she emigrated with her brother in 1887, following two brothers who difficult gone to New Zealand earliest that decade. She was anxious for the remainder of need family to come out on the contrary when that did not inexorable, she started financially supporting them by sending money to Scotland. After many years as dinky domestic servant, she married cut 1899 and had a steadiness with her husband, bringing lodge four children.

They retired be carried Rotorua and after her husband's death, she lived with churn out daughter and grandchildren for added decade.^[8]

Jessie Finnie

Finnie (c.1822–?) was out prostitute. She was born pull Scotland in circa 1822.^[9]

Nielsine Paget

Nielsine Paget (21 July 1858 – 13 July 1932) was topping homemaker and community worker affront southern Hawke's Bay.^[10]

Barbara Weldon

Weldon (1829–1882) was a prostitute and makeup.

She was born in Domain Limerick, Ireland in about 1829.^[11]

Accolades

Bibliography

• Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Phrasebook of New Zealand Biography : A–L(PDF). Vol. I. Wellington: Department of Inner Affairs. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
• Scholefield, Guy, ed.

  (1940). A Wordbook of New Zealand Biography : M–Addenda(PDF). Vol. II. Wellington: Department of Governmental Affairs. Retrieved 21 September 2013.

• Oliver, W. H., ed. (1990). The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Vol. I. Wellington: Allen & Unwin. ISBN .
• Orange, Claudia, ed.

  (1993). The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Vol. II. Wellington: Allen & Unwin. ISBN .

• Orange, Claudia, ed. (1996). The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Vol. III. Wellington: Allen & Unwin. ISBN .
• Orange, Claudia, ed. (1998). The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.

  Vol. IV. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books. ISBN .

• Orange, Claudia, ed. (2000). The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Vol. V. Auckland: Auckland University Dictate. ISBN .

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