Harry Skinner (ethnologist)
Skinner, was a notable New Zealand soldier, ethnologist, university lecturer, museum curator and director, and librarian.[1] He fought with the Anzacs at Gallipoli in World War I, and was wounded there[5] and discharged as unfit for service in late 1915 after being evacuated to Britain and promoted to lance corporal.[1] During his service with the First New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Skinner gained a mention in despatches for his bravery, and on 8 October 1915 was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.[8][9] During his time at the museum, Skinner was responsible for adding more than 65,000 objects to the humanities collections, including purchasing a piece of HMS Bounty from one of Fletcher Christian's direct descendants.His work had a big influence on the development of anthropology and ethnology in New Zealand, and his analyses of Māori material culture set the standard and methods for the following 50 years.
New PlymouthDunedinPercy Smith MedalHector Memorial MedalAnthropologyethnologyOtago MuseumUniversity of OtagoHocken LibraryWilliam Skinnerethnologistcadet corpsNelson CollegeVictoria University CollegeWellingtonzoologyChrist's College, CambridgeA. C. HaddonMāoriMorioriChatham IslandsMelanesian peoplePolynesian1924 Chatham Islands ExpeditionPalmerston North Boys' High SchoolAustralasiaWilli FelsPolynesian SocietyNew Zealand Archaeological AssociationMere HarperWorld War IIAnzacsGallipoli in World War Ilance corporalNew Zealand Home GuardFirst New Zealand Expeditionary Forcemention in despatchesDistinguished Conduct MedalRoyal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and IrelandRoyal Society of New ZealandDoctor of ScienceUniversity of New Zealand1956 New Year HonoursCommander of the Order of the British EmpireHMS BountyFletcher ChristianSouthamptonstillbornAlzheimer'smaterial cultureAnderson, AthollDictionary of New Zealand BiographyMinistry for Culture and HeritageOtago Daily TimesThe London GazetteHector MedalLeonard CockayneThomas EasterfieldElsdon BestPatrick MarshallErnest RutherfordCharles ChiltonThomas CheesemanPhilip RobertsonPercy SmithRobert SpeightColeridge FarrGeorge HudsonDonald PetrieBernard AstonCharles CottonDuncan SommervilleGeorge ThomsonJohn HollowayWilliam Percival EvansTe Rangi Hiroa (Peter H. Buck)John MarwickNoel BensonCharles Ernest WeatherburnWilliam BenhamWalter OliverJohn Reader HoskingHerbert WilliamsArthur BartrumDonald MacleodHarold FinlayHarry AllanBob BriggsJohannes C. AndersenJohn HendersonHenry ForderBaden PowellG. H. CunninghamRobert Anthony RobinsonErnest BeagleholeFrancis John TurnerKeith BullenLance RichdaleLucy CranwellBrian ShorlandRoger DuffHarold WellmanAlister McLellanBarry FellTed ChamberlainRalph PiddingtonCharles FlemingDerek LawdenRichard DellJack HollowayCon CambieGilbert ArcheyDoug CoombsBrian WybourneIra CunninghamTed BollardMichael HartshornHerbert PurvesRobert HayesJack DoddRichard MatthewsLeon PhillipsGraham LigginsTrevor HathertonRoy KerrRay Forster