Gavan Daws

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Gavan Daws
Born1933
Australia
DiedFebruary 2, 2025(2025-02-02) (aged 91–92)
Hawaii
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
Alma materUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa Ph.D. University of Melbourne B.A.
Notable worksA Shoal of Time

Gavan Daws is an American writer, historian and filmmaker residing in Honolulu, Hawaii. He writes about Hawaii, the Pacific, and Asia. He is a retired professor of history at University of Hawaii at Manoa. [1]

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Daws is originally from Australia and got his B.A. in English and History from the University of Melbourne. He has a Ph.D. in Pacific History from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

His best-known works are Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands, in print since 1968; Holy Man: Father Damien of Molokai, the biography of a nineteenth-century missionary priest to Hawaii who served leprosy sufferers, and who has recently been canonized; and Prisoners of the Japanese: POWs of World War II in the Pacific. Daws co-produced and co-directed Angels of War: The People of Papua New Guinea and World War II, which won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Documentary. His other work includes song lyrics and a stage play with music and choreography. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Humanities in Australia, and served as the Pacific member of the UNESCO Commission on the Scientific and Cultural History of Humankind.

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  1. mcameron (2020-05-18). "There's Never Been a Better Time to Visit Hawaii—Through a Great Book". Royal Hawaiian Movers (RHM). Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  2. Daws, Gavan (1984). Holy Man: Father Damien of Molokai. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN   0824809203.