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Timothy Holmes Beaglehole
(28 April 1933 ? 18 July 2015) was a
New Zealand
academic and Chancellor of
Victoria University of Wellington
.
Born in
Lower Hutt, Wellington
, he was the son of the renowned historian
John Beaglehole
. He gained a
MA
from
Victoria
, then receiving a
MA
and
PhD
from
King's College, Cambridge
. He was a
Harkness Fellow
at
Harvard University
(1965?1966) and taught at the
School of Oriental and African Studies
,
University of London
in 1978.
Beaglehole had a long association with Victoria University as a student, Professor of
history
,
Warden
of
Weir House
,
Dean of Arts
, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor. In 1995 he was made a life member of the
Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association
. He went on to become Chancellor from December 2004 to 2010.
Beaglehole was deputy chairman of the council of the
National Art Gallery
(1979?1992),
[1]
and chairperson of the
New Zealand Historic Places Trust
(1990?1996). In June 2012, Beaglehole was appointed the
New Zealand Press Council
.
He married
Helen Bisley
and they had three children John, Toby and Charlotte. He died of pneumonia in July 2015.
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