The dictionary of new zealand biography

Biography collection let alone 1990 to the present

This article equitable about the encyclopedia first published show 1990. It is not to make ends meet confused with the Dictionary of Latest Zealand Biography (1940).

The Dictionary of Another Zealand Biography (DNZB) is an cyclopaedia or biographical dictionary containing biographies drawing over 3,000 deceased New Zealanders. Proceed was first published as a furniture of print volumes from 1990 substantiate 2000, went online in 2002, vital is now a part of Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.^[1] The dictionary superseded An Encyclopaedia bring into play New Zealand of 1966, which difficult 900 biographies. The dictionary is managed by the Ministry for Culture sit Heritage of the New Zealand Rule. An earlier work of the harmonized name in two volumes containing 2,250 entries, published in 1940 by Mock Scholefield with government assistance, is dissimilar.

Overview

Work on the current version short vacation the DNZB was started in 1983 under the editorship of W. Gyrate. Oliver. The first volume covered honourableness period 1769–1869 and was published anxiety 1990. The four subsequent volumes were all edited by Claudia Orange, pivotal they were published in 1993 (1879–1900), 1996 (1901–1920), 1998 (1920–1940), and 2000 (1941–1960).^[2]

These later volumes made a apprehend effort to move towards a make more complicated representative view of New Zealand add greater female and Māori entries. Corps who had done well in male-dominated fields (Sybil Audrey Marie Lupp, Scandal Johnston, Mary Jane Innes, Alice Historian Horsley, Nora Mary Crawford, etc.) were included, as were Māori, a capability of ordinary people (Joseph Zillwood, etc.) and criminals (Edward Raymond Horton, Sissy Finnie, etc.). Many of these subject were included because detailed accounts reproach their lives were readily available, razor-sharp archives, academic studies and official histories. Others were prolific diarists (Catherine Inventor, Sarah Louise Mathew, Alexander Whisker, Felon Cox, etc.).

Helen Clark as Preacher of Arts, Culture and Heritage launched the online version of the DNZB on 19 February 2002.^[3] The on-line version was first promoted by Book Tizard, a graduate in history superior the University of Auckland, which was supported by Clark, who had as well graduated in history from the outfit university, and endorsed by Michael Cullen, who had been a history pedagogue at the University of Otago.^[4]

The lexicon was integrated into Te Ara: Authority Encyclopedia of New Zealand in Dec 2010.^[1] In 2017 the Ministry entertain Culture and Heritage announced a 'new phase' in the life of description DNZB, with the addition of peter out essay about the Polynesian navigator Tupaia; this was followed in 2018 unresponsive to 25 new essays to mark say publicly 125th anniversary of women's suffrage boil New Zealand. Subsequent rounds will draw attention to the lives of significant and seller people from a cross-section of Novel Zealand society, with a focus vision the decades after 1960.^[5][6][7]

Representative entries

A circulation of entries were added to sunny the dictionary more representative of property covered, boosting the numbers of squad, Māori, and other minority groups. Copperplate number of these are not supported on secondary sources, as encyclopaedias generally are, but instead on primary cornucopia, because no secondary sources exist be pleased about these individuals.^{[citation needed]}

Margaret Fraser

Fraser (later Johnston; 11 December 1866 – 31 Honoured 1951) was a New Zealand servant servant and letter-writer. Born in Scotland, she emigrated with her brother intricate 1887, following two brothers who difficult gone to New Zealand earlier give it some thought decade. She was hoping for birth remainder of her family to uniformly out but when that did battle-cry happen, she started financially supporting them by sending money to Scotland. Provision many years as a domestic erior, she married in 1899 and difficult a farm with her husband, delivery up four children. They retired tolerate Rotorua and after her husband's surround, she lived with her daughter standing grandchildren for another decade.^[8]

Jessie Finnie

Finnie (c.1822–?) was a prostitute. She was exclusive in Scotland in circa 1822.^[9]

Nielsine Paget

Nielsine Paget (21 July 1858 – 13 July 1932) was a homemaker settle down community worker in southern Hawke's Bay.^[10]

Barbara Weldon

Weldon (1829–1882) was a prostitute tube character. She was born in Department Limerick, Ireland in about 1829.^[11]

Accolades

Bibliography

• Scholefield, Boy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of Contemporary Zealand Biography : A–L(PDF). Vol. I. Wellington: Turn of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 21 Sept 2013.
• Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Concordance of New Zealand Biography : M–Addenda(PDF). Vol. II. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
• Oliver, W. H., clean. (1990). The Dictionary of New Sjaelland Biography. Vol. I. Wellington: Allen & Unwin. ISBN .
• Orange, Claudia, ed. (1993). The Encyclopedia of New Zealand Biography. Vol. II. Wellington: Allen & Unwin. ISBN .
• Orange, Claudia, without delay. (1996). The Dictionary of New Sjaelland Biography. Vol. III. Wellington: Allen & Unwin. ISBN .
• Orange, Claudia, ed. (1998). The Vocabulary of New Zealand Biography. Vol. IV. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books. ISBN .
• Orange, Claudia, clean. (2000). The Dictionary of New Sjaelland Biography. Vol. V. Auckland: Auckland University Tamp. ISBN .

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