The Who's Who in New Zealand, originally called the Who's Who in New Zealand and the Western Pacific, is a collection of biographies that was first published in 1908, and the latest version is from 1991.
The Who's Who in New Zealand, originally called the Who's Who in New Zealand and the Western Pacific, is a collection of biographies that was first published in 1908, and the latest version is from 1991.
The first edition was edited by the journalist and historian Guy Scholefield in association with Emil Schwabe. This was the first of a series of publications containing biographies compiled and edited by Scholefield, and it formed the basis for his later book Dictionary of New Zealand Biography , published in two volumes in 1940. [1]
The Who's Who contained, according to Scholefield, those who had done "some definite service over and above what the individual was paid to do". There was no attempt made by Scholefield to make the Who's Who representative of New Zealand society. Scholefield edited the first five editions of this book. Frank Simpson edited the sixth edition. The next four editions were edited by George Petersen. [2] Two further editions were published in 1978 and 1991, bringing the total number of editions to 12, with Jim Traue the editor in 1978 and Max Lambert the editor in 1991. [3]
From the third edition, the books contain an obituary section, listing those who were included in the previous section but have since died, plus those whose inclusion was intended but who died prior to publication of the next issue. [3]
The 12th and final edition of Who's Who in New Zealand was published in 1991. When Alister Taylor began working on his own version of the book, he was taken to court by Reed Publishing, which held the rights to the publication. They settled out of court and Taylor published the first volume of New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa in 1992. [4]
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Sir Thomas Clifton Webb was a New Zealand politician and diplomat.
Sir Frederic William Lang was a New Zealand politician, initially an independent conservative, then from 1914 a member of the Reform Party. He was the eighth Speaker of the House of Representatives, from 1913 to 1922.
John Thomas Marryat Hornsby, generally known as J. T. Marryat Hornsby, was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party from the Wairarapa. He was a newspaper editor and proprietor.
Ernest Page Lee was a New Zealand lawyer and politician of the Reform Party.
Thomas Edward Youd Seddon was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party, and a lawyer in Greymouth. He was the son of New Zealand's longest-serving Prime Minister Richard Seddon, and succeeded his father as MP for Westland following his death in 1906.
George Hunter was a New Zealand 19th century politician.
Robert McNab was a New Zealand lawyer, farmer, historian, and politician of the Liberal Party. He was Minister of Justice for the 18 months before his death.
The Hon. John Rigg MLC CMG was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
Peter Carr was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
Vernon Herbert Reed was a Liberal Party and from 1912 a Reform Party member of parliament in New Zealand. He was later a member of the Legislative Council.
Robert Beatson Ross was a Liberal Member of Parliament in New Zealand.
Joseph George Harkness JP was a 19th-century independent conservative Member of Parliament from Nelson, New Zealand.
Guy Hardy Scholefield was a New Zealand journalist, historian, archivist, librarian and editor, known primarily as the compiler of the 1940 version of the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.
Agnes Louisa Weston from Wellington was appointed a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council on 22 June 1950.
Sir Alfred Kingsley North, also known as Alf North, was a New Zealand lawyer and judge. He was President of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand from 1963 until his retirement in 1972.
The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography was published in two volumes in 1940 by Guy Scholefield. Scholefield had worked on the publication for over 30 years and received government assistance when the biography was included in the list of books to be published for the New Zealand centenary.
Sir Vincent Robert Sissons Meredith was a New Zealand lawyer. A rugby union player, he became a rugby official and managed the 1935–36 tour of Britain, Ireland and Canada.
Sir Frederick John Llewellyn KCMG was an English chemist and academic administrator who spent some of his career in New Zealand.
Howard Parris Richmond was a New Zealand lawyer.
Edward Durning Holt was a New Zealand farmer, who served as the president of the National Party from 1966 to 1973.