Harry Skinner (ethnologist)
Harry Skinner CBE DCM | |
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| Born | Henry Devenish Skinner 18 December 1886 New Plymouth, New Zealand |
| Died | 9 February 1978 (aged 91) Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Awards | (1925) Hector Memorial Medal and Prize (1926) (1936) Honorary LittD Otago (1962) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Anthropology; ethnology |
| Institutions | Otago Museum University of Otago Hocken Library |
| Relatives | William Skinner (father) |
Henry Devenish Skinner CBE DCM (18 December 1886 – 9 February 1978), known as Harry Skinner or H.D. Skinner, was a notable New Zealand soldier, ethnologist, university lecturer, museum curator and director, and librarian. The son of William Skinner, he was born in New Plymouth in 1886.[1]
Skinner received information on Māori house types and construction methods from Mere Harper.[2]
In the 1956 New Year Honours, Skinner was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services as director of Otago Museum and lecturer in anthropology at the University of Otago.[3]
The H.D. Skinner Annex of the Otago Museum, formerly the Dunedin North Post Office, was opened in August 2013, and named in honour of Skinner.[4][5] During his time at the museum, Skinner was responsible for adding more than 65,000 objects to the humanities collections, including purchasing a piece of HMS Bounty from one of Fletcher Christian's direct descendants.[6][7]
Skinner was one of 24,000 Anzac soldiers wounded at Gallipoli. In 2015, the Otago Museum opened the exhibition "Surviving Chunuk Bair: H. D. Skinner at Gallipoli'' using objects loaned by the Skinner family, including a sewing kit, medals, letters and photographs.[8]
References[]
- ^ Anderson, Atholl. "Henry Devenish Skinner". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ Shoemaker, Nancy (2013). "Race and Indigeneity in the Life of Elisha Apes". Ethnohistory. 60 (1): 27–50. doi:10.1215/00141801-1816166.
- ^ "No. 40671". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 January 1956. p. 44.
- ^ Gibb, John (11 July 2013). "Museum annex set for opening". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ Gibb, John (8 August 2013). "Museum annex praised". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ Gibb, John (29 April 2011). "Tribute to former director". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "Drama on the high seas". Otago Daily Times Online News. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ Gibb, John (8 August 2015). "Museum tie to war relics". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
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