Joan Stevens (10 December 1908 – 11 June 1990) was a notable New Zealand teacher and university professor of English. She was born in Southwick,

Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ...

, England, in 1908. In the 1974 Queen's Birthday Honours, Stevens was appointed a

Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

, for services to teaching and scholarship.

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1908 births 1990 deaths Academic staff of Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand Commanders of the Order of the British Empire New Zealand schoolteachers British emigrants to New Zealand New Zealand women academics People from Southwick, West Sussex {{NewZealand-academic-bio-stub