Henry Evans Maude
Henry "Harry" Evans Maude, OBE (1 October 1906 – 4 November 2006) was a British civil servant and anthropologist. He was the husband of Honor Maude.
Harry Maude was born 1 October 1906, in Bankipore, India.[1]
Educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, Harry Maude spent the years 1929-1948 working as a civil servant and administrator in various Pacific Islands, in particular the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, even as Resident Commissioner from 1946 to 1949.
From 1948-1957, he worked for the South Pacific Commission. From 1957-1951, he was a Research Fellow at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS), which is part of the Australian National University in Canberra. He has published widely on aspects of Pacific Islands history, was a co-founder of the Journal of Pacific History, and played an important role in establishing the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau.[1]
Maude died, aged 100, on 4 November 2006.[1]
The bulk of Maude's personal papers are held at the Barr Smith Library at the University of Adelaide, where an extensive set of pages devoted to his life and work can also be found. He also published the work of Sir Arthur Grimble.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 MAUDE, Henry Evans (1926) died on 4 November 2006 aged 100. One Hundred and Third Annual Report, Jesus College, Cambridge, 2007.
External links
- Papers of Henry Evans and Honor Courtney Maude 1904-1999, Library of the University of Adelaide.
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- 1906 births
- 2006 deaths
- British anthropologists
- Colonial Administrative Service officers
- Historians of the Pacific
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- British centenarians
- Non-nationals associated with the Pitcairn Islands
- Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme