Timothy Holmes Beaglehole (28 April 1933 – 18 July 2015) was a

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academic and Chancellor of

Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington ( mi, Te Herenga Waka) is a university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. The university is well know ...

. Born in Lower Hutt, Wellington, he was the son of the renowned historian

John Beaglehole John Cawte Beaglehole (13 June 1901 – 10 October 1971) was a New Zealand historian whose greatest scholastic achievement was the editing of James Cook's three journals of exploration, together with the writing of an acclaimed biography of Coo ...

. He gained a MA from

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, then receiving a MA and

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from

King's College, Cambridge King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the city ...

. He was a

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(1965–1966) and taught at the

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in 1978. Beaglehole had a long association with Victoria University as a student, Professor of

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of Weir House, Dean of Arts, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor. In 1995 he was made a life member of the

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. He went on to become Chancellor from December 2004 to 2010. Beaglehole was deputy chairman of the council of the

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(1979–1992), and chairperson of the

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(1990–1996). In June 2012, Beaglehole was appointed the

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. He married Helen Bisley and they had three children John, Toby and Charlotte. He died of pneumonia in July 2015.

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1933 births 2015 deaths Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Harkness Fellows 20th-century New Zealand historians Harvard University people Victoria University of Wellington alumni Academic staff of the Victoria University of Wellington People from Lower Hutt 20th-century New Zealand male writers 21st-century New Zealand writers Deaths from pneumonia in New Zealand Tim {{NewZealand-historian-stub