Ernest Beaglehole
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I came across this distinguished individual whilst working on one of my books. Further research unveiled:
Ernest Beaglehole, 1906-1965
Ernest Beaglehole was born in Wellington on August 25, 1906. He attended Mount Cook School and Wellington College. He also went to Victoria University College where he graduated with a first-class Masters Degree in 1928 (Ritchie 2002). He then traveled to London to do research for his PhD. He conducted this research at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Beaglehole published his thesis, entitled Property in 1931. This piece was well received and his research techniques were copied by many.
Beaglehole became a consultant to the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs. He completed his work, and married Pearl Malsin, a fellow social anthropologist, on May 24, 1933. Peter Buck, a Professor at Yale University, "arranged for the Beagleholes to go to Pukapuka, a remote northern Cook Islands atoll, as part of his comprehensive Pacific island ethnographic survey," (Ritchie 2002). Ernest and Pearl spent a year in Pukapuka gathering research, and then moved to Hawaii to write of what they saw.
Beaglehole won the Hector Memorial Medal and Prize in 1950 from the Royal Society of New Zealand, of which he was a member (Ritchie 2002). He was also a member of other prestigious societies: the Polynesian Society, the British Psychological Society and the American Anthropological Association. He died October 23, 1965 at the age of 59. He was survived by his wife Pearl and their two children.
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All of this is, of course, fascinating. But what's more is that it has led to a new set of useful terms in the Kissel-Weber household. For example:
--When Rocky has been bad: "Go to your beaglehole!"
--When Rocky is threatening to run away from home: "I'm going to my beaglehole!"
--When one of us receives a complimentary email from a colleague: "I'm putting it in the beaglehole for safekeeping."
--When we promise not to tell a soul: "It's in the beaglehole!" (Cf. "vault.")
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I came across this distinguished individual whilst working on one of my books. Further research unveiled:
Ernest Beaglehole, 1906-1965
Ernest Beaglehole was born in Wellington on August 25, 1906. He attended Mount Cook School and Wellington College. He also went to Victoria University College where he graduated with a first-class Masters Degree in 1928 (Ritchie 2002). He then traveled to London to do research for his PhD. He conducted this research at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Beaglehole published his thesis, entitled Property in 1931. This piece was well received and his research techniques were copied by many.
Beaglehole became a consultant to the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs. He completed his work, and married Pearl Malsin, a fellow social anthropologist, on May 24, 1933. Peter Buck, a Professor at Yale University, "arranged for the Beagleholes to go to Pukapuka, a remote northern Cook Islands atoll, as part of his comprehensive Pacific island ethnographic survey," (Ritchie 2002). Ernest and Pearl spent a year in Pukapuka gathering research, and then moved to Hawaii to write of what they saw.
Beaglehole won the Hector Memorial Medal and Prize in 1950 from the Royal Society of New Zealand, of which he was a member (Ritchie 2002). He was also a member of other prestigious societies: the Polynesian Society, the British Psychological Society and the American Anthropological Association. He died October 23, 1965 at the age of 59. He was survived by his wife Pearl and their two children.
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All of this is, of course, fascinating. But what's more is that it has led to a new set of useful terms in the Kissel-Weber household. For example:
--When Rocky has been bad: "Go to your beaglehole!"
--When Rocky is threatening to run away from home: "I'm going to my beaglehole!"
--When one of us receives a complimentary email from a colleague: "I'm putting it in the beaglehole for safekeeping."
--When we promise not to tell a soul: "It's in the beaglehole!" (Cf. "vault.")
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