James Belich (historian), James Belich
James Belich may refer to: * James Belich (historian) (born 1956), New Zealand historian *Sir Jim Belich (1927–2015), mayor of Wellington *T. James Belich T. James Belich (born 1976, also known by the pseudonym of Colorado Tolston) is an American playwright and actor. He is the author of a dozen plays in genres that include mystery, fantasy, religious, and children's. His works have been performed ...

James Belich (historian)
James Christopher Belich (born 1956) is a New Zealand historian, known for his work on the New Zealand Wars and on New Zealand history more generally. One of his major works on the 19th-century clash between Māori and Pākehā, the revisionist study ''The New Zealand Wars'' (1986), was also published in an American edition and adapted into a television series and DVD. Since 2013 Belich has been the Beit Professor of Imperial and Commonwealth History and the Director of thOxford Centre for Global Historyat the University of Oxford. Background Of Croatian descent, he was born in Wellington in 1956, the son of Sir Jim Belich, who later became Mayor of Wellington. He attended Onslow College. He gained an M.A. in history at Victoria University before being awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1978 and travelling to Oxford to complete his D.Phil at Nuffield College. Academic career He lectured at Victoria University of Wellington for several years before moving to the University of ...
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Jim Belich
Sir James Belich (25 July 1927 – 13 September 2015) was a New Zealand local politician. He was the mayor of Wellington from 1986 to 1992. Biography Early life and career Belich was born on 25 July 1927, of Croat descent, in Awanui, Northland, to immigrant parents, Jakov and Marija, from the Dalmatian island of Korcula. He was head boy at Otahuhu College. He received his tertiary education at the Auckland University College and Victoria University College, graduating from the latter with a Bachelor of Arts in 1955. He grew up bilingual, speaking Serbo-Croatian with his parents and English to both of his elder brothers. In 1948, due to his education and language skills, he was asked by the Yugoslav government to work with expatriate communities of Yugoslavs in both New Zealand and Australia. For the next several years he worked with the politically fragmented communities (many who had fled invasion from Nazi Germany) in both Auckland and Sydney until 1956. He worked for ...
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