Russell Cyril James Stone (born 7 April 1923) is a New Zealand historian, author and professor emeritus at the

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. In 2012, the ''

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'' called him the leading authority on the history of Auckland, having written nine books on early

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history.

Biography

Born in

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in 1923, Stone was educated at Mount Albert Grammar School, and graduated from Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland) with a

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degree in 1945, and a

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degree with first-class honours in 1949. After working as a secondary-school teacher, Stone was appointed to the staff of the history department at the University of Auckland in 1964, and completed a PhD in history in 1969. His thesis was titled ''Auckland business and businessmen in the 1880s'', and was published in 1973 as ''Makers of Fortune: A Colonial Business Community and Its Fall''. He retired in 1989 and was granted the title of professor emeritus. The memoirs of

John Logan Campbell Sir John Logan Campbell (3 November 1817 – 22 June 1912) was a prominent Scottish-born New Zealand public figure. He was described by his contemporaries as "the father of Auckland". Early life John Logan Campbell was born in Edinburgh, Sco ...

were published in 1881. Stone republished these long out-of-print tales in his book: ''Poenamo: Romance and Reality of Antipodean Life in the Infancy of a New Colony''. Stone had earlier written a two-volume life of Campbell,''Young Logan Campbell'' (1982) and ''The Father and his Gift: John Logan Campbell's Later Years'' (1987). In the

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, Stone was appointed an

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, for services to historical research. He was the joint winner of the biennial J.M. Sherrard Award in New Zealand local and regional history in 2004, for his book ''From Tamaki-Makau-rau to Auckland'', published in 2001.

Bibliography

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References

External links

R. C. J. Stone
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