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Percy Smith

New Zealand surveyor and ethnologist (1840-1922) · New Zealand · Writers · Died at 81

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Stephenson Percy Smith was a New Zealand ethnologist and surveyor. He researched and wrote about the origins of the Māori people and was one of the founders of the Polynesian Society. While his research has been criticised as flawed, it set a foundation for ethnological study in New Zealand.

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Stephenson Percy Smith, c. 1908[a]Stephenson Percy Smith, c. 1908[a]Smith and his survey party at the foot of Mount Tarawera (1886)Smith and his survey party at the foot of Mount Tarawera (1886)

Awards

Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi1919
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

About this person

Country
New Zealand
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1840 to 1922 · aged 81

Writers from New Zealand 6

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