Te Rangi Hīroa

Māori leader, physician, politician and anthropologist (1877-1951) · New Zealand · Doctors · Died at 74

Te Rangi Hīroa is read about 24 times a day, in 12 languages.

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The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 76 days, one point a day.

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Sir Peter Henry Buck, also known as Te Rangi Hīroa or Te Rangihīroa, was a New Zealand anthropologist and an expert on Māori and Polynesian cultures who served many roles through his life: as a physician and surgeon; as an official in public health; as a member of parliament; and ultimately as a leading anthropologist and director of the Bishop Museum in Hawaii.

A life in dates

1951Died1 December 19511937Honorary Doctor of the University of New ZealandAward1932Hector MedalAward1925Fellow of the Royal Society Te ApārangiAward1877Born

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