Timothy Holmes Beaglehole (28 April 1933 – 18 July 2015) was a
New Zealand
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academic and Chancellor of
Victoria University of Wellington
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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 Master of Arts, MA from Victoria University of Wellington, Victoria, then receiving a Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin), MA and Doctor of Philosophy, 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, wikt:warden, Warden of Weir House (Victoria University of Wellington), Weir House, Dean (education), 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 of New Zealand, National Art Gallery (1979–1992), and chairperson of the Heritage New Zealand, New Zealand Historic Places Trust (1990–1996). In June 2012, Beaglehole was appointed the New Zealand Press Council.
He married Helen Beaglehole, Helen Bisley and they had three children John, Toby and Charlotte. He died of pneumonia in July 2015.
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Victoria University
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
Beaglehole family, Tim
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