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1882–1951Lawyer, university lecturer, judge, Catholic layman
John Bartholomew Callan was born in Dunedin on 15 August 1882, the son of Ellen Mary Brophy and her husband, John Bartholomew Callan, a solicitor. John senior had left Ireland in 1859 for Melbourne, where several of his kinsmen became prominent in politics, the law and the judiciary. One, Sir...
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1855–1925Presbyterian minister, educationalist, community leader
Andrew Cameron was the founder of Knox College, the instigator of the Presbyterian Social Service Association, and influential in the development of the University of Otago. He was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, on 16 February 1855, the son of Andrew Cameron, a baker, and his wife,...
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1808–1888Soldier, military leader
Duncan Alexander Cameron is said to have been born on 19 December 1808, the son of Sir John and Lady Cameron. His mother's birth name was Brock. Duncan Cameron's forebears, descended from the chiefs of their clan, after 1745 pursued careers in the British army. Sir John Cameron acquired a...
Story: Cameron, Duncan Alexander
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1902–1966Nurse, nursing instructor and administrator
The elder of twin girls, Flora Jean Cameron was born on Christmas Eve 1902 at Richmond, near Nelson, to Ruth Anne Knight and her husband, James Cameron, a police constable. The family later moved to Lower Hutt, where Flora attended Hutt District High School. After working as a shorthand writer...
Story: Cameron, Flora Jean
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1892–1971District nurse, community leader, nursing inspector
Robina Thomson Cameron was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 15 April 1892, one of eight children of Jane Thomson and her husband, James Cameron, a blacksmith. Robina came to New Zealand in 1911 with her five sisters and trained as a nurse at Cook Hospital, Gisborne. She qualified in 1915 and...
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1925–2009Poet, playwright, novelist, editor
Alistair Te Ariki Campbell was one of New Zealand’s most distinctive poetic voices from the 1950s to the 2000s. His work, which combined lyricism and darkness, was shaped by an idyllic Rarotongan childhood, early family tragedies, childhood exile to New Zealand, and a transformative return to...
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1906–1980University lecturer, educationalist, writer
Arnold Everitt Campbell was born at Karere, near Palmerston North, on 13 August 1906, the son of Mabel Annie Brooker and her husband, Fernly Charlwood Campbell, a teacher. He went to West End School and Palmerston North Boys’ High School, and then to Teachers’ Training College in Wellington,...
Story: Campbell, Arnold Everitt
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1906–1969Teacher, soil conservator
Douglas Archibald Campbell was born in Dunedin on 13 December 1906 to Archibald Campbell, a poultry expert, and his wife, Louise Shepard. He attended Dunedin Technical School and Southland Technical College. He then studied at Canterbury College, graduating BSc in 1929, and at Canterbury...
Story: Campbell, Douglas Archibald
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1875–1951Farmer, politician
Hugh McLean Campbell was born at Te Aute, near Pukehou, Hawke's Bay, on 21 March 1875, the fourth child and only son of Hugh Campbell and his wife, Margaret Gardiner, who died three years later. Hugh senior had managed sheep runs in Australia before joining his brother Henry at Wanaka in 1867....
Story: Campbell, Hugh McLean
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1857–1942Architect
John Campbell was born on 4 July 1857 in Glasgow, Scotland, to Janet McKechnie and her husband, Donald Campbell, a ship's chandler. He embarked on a career as an architect, serving his apprenticeship under John Gordon between 1872 and 1876 and working for him as an assistant draughtsman for a...
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1817–1912Merchant, provincial superintendent, writer, philanthropist
John Logan Campbell is said to have been born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 3 November 1817, the only son of John Campbell and his wife, Catherine Logan, of Ayrshire. His father, as a younger son of Sir James Campbell, fourth baronet of Aberuchill and Kilbryde, had been obliged to make his own way...
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1902–1971Racehorse trainer
Laurel Amy Eva Doyle was born on 15 March 1902 in Doyleston, the Canterbury town named after her grandfather, Joseph Hastings Doyle. She was the eldest of two daughters and two sons of William John Doyle, a storekeeper, and his wife, Matilda Jane McCausland. Her father, like his father before...
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1907–1989Librarian, Quaker
The small market town of Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland, was the birthplace, on 17 November 1907, of Mary Greig Campbell. Her father, Alexander John Campbell, a doctor, was the third of his family to practise in the area, and married a nurse, Mary’s mother, Joanna Alexander Greig. Childhood...
Story: Campbell, Mary Greig
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1897–1974Public servant, economist, diplomat
Richard Mitchelson Campbell was born on 28 August 1897 at Maunu, Whāngārei, to Norman Allan Campbell, a farmer at Maungatapere, and his wife, Ann Wright Lang, both children of Highland Scots settlers who arrived at Waipū in 1854. Dick Campbell attended Whāngārei High School and in March 1914...
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1843–1889Runholder, businessman, politician
Robert Campbell, the son of Robert Campbell tertius of Buscot Park, Berkshire, England, and his wife, Anne Orr, was born probably in London on 8 January 1843. His father, grandfather and grandfather's uncle, all named Robert Campbell, had gained considerable wealth and influence in New South...
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1840–1918Presbyterian minister
William Rickarby Campbell was born at Ratnagiri, in the Bombay Presidency, India, on 6 February 1840, the son of Agnes Campbell and her husband, Adam Campbell, of the Bombay civil service. William was educated in Ayrshire and Edinburgh, Scotland, graduating BA and working in a family law office...
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1888–1977Teacher, university lecturer and warden
Alice Muriel Flora Candy was born at West Oxford, Canterbury, on 9 July 1888, the daughter of Alice Hood and her husband, James Candy, a blacksmith. Her mother had hoped to become a teacher and wanted Alice to have the opportunity she herself missed. On the advice of a school inspector, and...
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1903–1974Farmer, dairy industry leader
Ronald Alan Candy was born in Wanganui on 25 August 1903, the second child of Hubert Edward Candy, a farmer of Manaia, Taranaki, and his wife, Isabella Braid Christie. He was educated at Manaia School and New Plymouth Boys’ High School. In 1920 he took a job on William Nicholson’s dairy farm...
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1879–1950Catholic nun, teacher, nursing school matron
Lucy Bridget Canty was born on 22 March 1879 in Greta, New South Wales, the 10th child of Daniel Canty, a miner, and his wife, Bridget Wade. In 1895 16-year-old Lucy was one of seven young Australian women recruited to join the Sisters of Mercy in Auckland. While still a novice, she began...
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1829/1830?–1904Gold prospector, explorer, mine director
Patrick Quirk Caples was born in Bilboa, County Limerick, Ireland, probably in 1829 or 1830, the son of Julia Quirk and her husband, Patrick Caples, a doctor. Nothing is known of his early family life. He travelled to Australia, probably in the 1850s, and had some success in the goldrushes...
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