A Life of J. C. Beaglehole: New Zealand Scholar
[author's blurb]
Emeritus Professor
Tim Beaglehole was born in Lower Hutt in 1933, the second son of
John and
Elsie Beaglehole. After studying at
Victoria University College and
Cambridge University, he joined the history department at Victoria in 1961, and spent his career there apart from a year at
Harvard as a Harkness Fellow, research leave in
London and
India, and terms as dean of the arts faculty and deputy vice-chancellor. He has published work on modern Indian history, and New Zealand history, and served as chairman of the
New Zealand Historic Places Trust and deputy chair of the board of the
New Zealand National Art Gallery. After retiring from Victoria in 1996, as well as working on this biography, he crewed a number of voyages on the replica of James Cook's
Endeavour; ran his final marathon in
New York and, with his wife
Helen, circumnavigated New Zealand in their yacht
Cape Resolution. He has served for a number of years on the Victoria University Council and is currently chancellor of the university.
Front cover photo: J.C. Beaglehole at Cook's Cove, Tolaga Bay, selecting a place for a Historic Places Trust plaque, November 1965.
Back cover photo: J.C. Beaglehole in his study, 1949.
Photography by Greig Royle.
Author photo: Les Maiden, VUW Image Services
Jacket design: Sarah Maxey