Alexander Wyclif Reed (7 March 1908 – 19 October 1979),
[ also known as Clif Reed and A. W. Reed, was a prolific New Zealand publisher and author.
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Biography
Alexander Wyclif Reed, along with his uncle Alfred Hamish Reed
Sir Alfred Hamish Reed (30 December 1875 – 15 January 1975), generally known as A.H. Reed, was a New Zealand publisher, author and entrepreneur.
Early life
Alfred Hamish Reed was born at Hayes, Middlesex, in England on 30 December 1875, the ...
, established the publishing firm A. H. & A. W. Reed. He wrote more than 200 books and as an author was known most commonly as A. W. Reed. He was neither a scholar nor a gifted writer, but wrote commercially successful books based on simplifying and popularising secondary sources. Although he did not have firsthand knowledge of Māori language or custom, he wrote many books on the myths, language and place names of the Māori
Māori or Maori can refer to:
Relating to the Māori people
* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...
and, later, of Australian Aboriginal
Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, such as Tasmania, Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, the Tiwi Islands, and Groote Eylandt, but excluding the Torres Strait I ...
cultures.
Selected published works
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References
External links
Reed, Alexander Wyclif
''Encyclopaedia of New Zealand'' 1966
New Zealand writers
1979 deaths
1908 births
Writers from Auckland
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