Arnold Wall

Arnold Wall CBE (15 November 1869 29 March 1966) was a notable New Zealand university professor, philologist, poet, mountaineer, botanist, writer and radio broadcaster. He was born in Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon in 1869.[1] His daughter Hilary married the adult educator Norman Richmond in 1926.[2]

Wall was appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1956 Birthday Honours.[3] He received an honorary doctorate (DSc) from the University of New Zealand in 1960.[4]

References

  1. Deverson, Tony. "Arnold Wall". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. Horton, Christopher. "Norman Macdonald Richmond". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 40789. p. 3144. 25 May 1956. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  4. IPNI.  A.Wall.

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