Timothy Holmes Beaglehole (28 April 1933 – 18 July 2015) was a

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academic and Chancellor of

Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington (), also known by its shorter names "VUW" or "Vic", is a public university, public research university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by Act of New Zealand Parliament, Parliament, and w ...

. Born in

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, he was the son of the renowned historian

John Beaglehole John Cawte Beaglehole (13 June 1901 – 10 October 1971) was a New Zealand historian whose greatest scholastic achievement was the editing of James Cook's three journals of exploration, together with the writing of an acclaimed biography of Coo ...

. He gained a MA from

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, then receiving a MA and

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from

King's College, Cambridge King's College, formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, is a List of colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college lies beside the River Cam and faces ...

. He was a

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(1965–1966) and taught at the

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in 1978. Beaglehole had a long association with Victoria University as a student, professor of

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of Weir House, dean of arts, and deputy vice-chancellor. In 1995 he was made a life member of the

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. He went on to become chancellor from December 2004 to 2010. Beaglehole was deputy chairman of the council of the National Art Gallery (1979–1992), and chairperson of the

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(1990–1996). In June 2012, Beaglehole was appointed the

New Zealand Press Council The New Zealand Media Council (Māori: ''Te kaunihera ao pāpāho o Aotearoa'') is a non-governmental organisation which exists to uphold standards in the New Zealand media industry and promote freedom of speech in New Zealand. Founded in 1972 a ...

. He married Helen Bisley and they had three children, John, Toby and Charlotte. He died of pneumonia in July 2015.

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1933 births 2015 deaths Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Harkness Fellows 20th-century New Zealand historians Harvard University fellows Victoria University of Wellington alumni Academic staff of Victoria University of Wellington People from Lower Hutt 20th-century New Zealand male writers 21st-century New Zealand writers Deaths from pneumonia in New Zealand Tim Chancellors of Victoria University of Wellington {{NewZealand-historian-stub