Helen Leach
✓ Source-basedrisingNew Zealand anthropologist (1945-2026)
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Helen May Leach was a New Zealand academic who specialised in food anthropology.
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Annabel LangbeinAlso won Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Sidney Moko MeadAlso won Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi
Dick ScottAlso won Officer of the New Zealand Order of MeritRaymond Robert ForsterAlso won Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi
Janet HolmesAlso won Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Rod DowneyAlso won Fellow of the Royal Society Te ApārangiAbout this person
Helen May Leach was a New Zealand academic who specialised in food anthropology. She conducted research for more than 50 years into the history of New Zealand, the archaeology and anthropology of Oceanic culture, and the social history and anthropology of culinary and horticultural practices, and wrote at least 22 books on these subjects. She was a professor emerita at the University of Otago.
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New ZealandCategory
Academics
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Academic
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deceased
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Lived 1945 to 2026 · aged 80
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