Name Guy Scholefield Died July 19, 1963 | Role Journalist | |
Books The Pacific, its past and future, Notable New Zealand Statesmen: Twelve Prime Ministers | ||
Guy Hardy Scholefield (17 June 1877 – 19 July 1963) was a New Zealand journalist, historian, archivist, librarian and editor, known primarily as the compiler of the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. He was born in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand on 17 June 1877, and died in Wellington on 19 July 1963.
Educated at Tokomairiro District High School, he was the second chief parliamentary librarian and succeeded Charles Wilson. Together with Emil Schwabe, he edited the 1908 edition of Who's who in New Zealand and the western Pacific.
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