Arnold Wall
Arnold Wall (15 November 1869 – 29 March 1966) was a New Zealand university professor, philologist, poet, mountaineer, botanist, writer and radio broadcaster.
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- Name
- Arnold Wall
- Born
- 15 November 1869
- Died
- 29 March 1966
- Education
- Harrow School
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Occupation
- botanist · mountaineer · academic · journalist · poet · botanical collector · university teacher · scholar of english
- Honours
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire · honorary doctor of the University of New Zealand
- Languages
- English
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Arnold Wall (15 November 1869 – 29 March 1966) was a New Zealand university professor, philologist, poet, mountaineer, botanist, writer and radio broadcaster.
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Arnold Wall (1869–1966) was a New Zealand academic, botanical collector and botanist, among other activities. Born in Nuwara Eliya, the academic died in Christchurch.
Arnold Wall studied at Christ's College and Harrow School. The academic worked for University of Canterbury.
Languages used include English. Arnold Wall received Commander of the Order of the British Empire and honorary doctor of the University of New Zealand.
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Arnold Wall studied at Harrow School and Christ's College. The recorded working language is English. Employment is recorded with University of Canterbury. Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Order of the British Empire and honorary doctor of the University of New Zealand.
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• Name — Arnold Wall • Honorific Suffix — CBE • Born — 15 November 1869 • Died — 29 March 1966 • Education — Harrow School • Alma Mater — Christ's College, Cambridge • Parents — George Wall • Relatives — Rowena Wall (sister) Frank Wall (brother)
Early life and education
Early life and education
He was born in Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon in 1869; his father was George Wall. His daughter Hilary married the adult educator Norman Richmond in 1926. He is the brother of Rowena Seymour, Duchess of Somerset and the uncle of Evelyn Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset. He was educated at Harrow School and Christ's College, Cambridge. He left Cambridge in 1897, having written his thesis on Scandinavian elements in English dialects.
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Wall was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1956 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to education. He received an honorary doctorate (DSc) from the University of New Zealand in 1960. A.Wall
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- 1.DNZB Deverson Tony 3w2 Arnold Wall 1 December 2011
- 2.DNZB Horton Christopher 4r15 Norman Macdonald Richmond 1 December 2011
- 3.Arnold Wall. geni_family_tree.
- 4.High Commissioner for New Zealand in the United Kingdom. Forefront: A Monthly Survey of New Zealand Affairs. 1964.
- 5.Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. Wall, Arnold. teara.govt.nz.
- 6.40789. 31 May 1956. 3144.
- 7.Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. Roll of Graduates. 3–4.
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