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; his father was George Wall.[1] His daughter Hilary married the adult educator Norman Richmond in 1926.[2]

Wall was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1956 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to education.[3] He received an honorary doctorate (DSc) from the University of New Zealand in 1960.[4]

References

Deverson, Tony. "Arnold Wall". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
Horton, Christopher. "Norman Macdonald Richmond". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
"No. 40789". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 May 1956. p. 3144.
University of New Zealand. Roll of Graduates (PDF). Wellington: Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
IPNI. A.Wall.

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[DNZB_Wall-1] Deverson, Tony. "Arnold Wall". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 1 December 2011.

[DNZB_Richmond-2] Horton, Christopher. "Norman Macdonald Richmond". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 1 December 2011.

[3] "No. 40789". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 May 1956. p. 3144.

[RollLink-4] University of New Zealand. Roll of Graduates (PDF). Wellington: Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 6 March 2015.

[5] IPNI. A.Wall.