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list of names of the NZers who have biographies (and photos) at
DICTIONARY of New Zealand BIOGRAPHY as at June 2011
Abbot-Ayton ~ Baber-Bell ~ Bellamy-Bragge
Braithwaite-Buxton ~ Cabot-Chapman/Taylor
Chapple-Copeland ~ Corban-Cussen ~ Dacre-Dyson
Eady-Eyre ~ Fabish-Fyffe ~ Gage-Guthrie/Smith
Haast-Hayes ~ Hayward-Hodgson ~ Hofmann-Hyde
Ihaka-Ivey ~ Jack-Jury ~ Kaaro-Kynnersley
La Trobe-Lyttleton ~ Maaka-Mann ~ Mannering-McCormick
McCullough-Merton ~ Messenger-Myers ~ Nahe-Nutsey
O'Brien-Otway ~ Paewai-Peters ~ Petersen-Pyke
Quaife ~ Radcliffe-Rigg ~ Rikihana-Rymill
Salaman-Sladden ~ Slattery-Syme ~ Taglicht-Te Rauparaha
Te Rei Hanataua-Tyree ~ Ulrich-Uru ~ Vaile-Vosseler
Waaka-Wynyard ~ Yate-Yue ~ Zedlitz-Zotov
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Slattery, Edmond
1839/1840??1927
Swagger, rural labourer
Small, Joe
1830/1831???
Goldminer, entertainer, songwriter
Small, Mary Elizabeth
1812/1813??1908
Market gardener, farmer
Smart, Maxwell James Grant
1896?1972
Farmer, museum director, historian, archaeologist, writer
Smirk, Frederick Horace
1902?1991
Professor of medicine
Smith, David Stanley
1888?1982
Lawyer, judge, educationalist
Smith, Edward Metcalf
1839?1907
Armourer, ironsands entrepreneur, politician
Smith, Elsie
1881?1968
Nurse, Anglican deaconess and missionary
Smith, Frances Hagell
1877?1948
Missionary teacher, welfare worker
Smith, George Marshall McCall
1882?1958
Doctor, medical superintendent, community leader
Smith, George William
1874?1954
Jockey, rugby player, athlete, factory worker
Smith, Helen Hay
1873?1918
Clothing manufacturer and retailer, businesswoman
Smith, John Burns
1922?1974
Nga Puhi; baker, rugby player, soldier, sportsman
Smith, Lillian Rita
1912?1993
Communist, political activist
Smith, Lucy Masey
1861?1936
Editor, feminist, temperance and welfare worker
Smith, Marianne
1851?1938
Businesswoman, community worker, philanthropist
Smith, Ronald Joseph
1921?1995
Public servant, communist, peace activist
Smith, Stephenson Percy
1840?1922
Surveyor, public servant, ethnologist, writer
Smith, William Mein
1799?1869
Surveyor, artist, runholder
Smith, William Walter
1852?1942
Gardener, naturalist, conservationist
Smithells, Philip Ashton
1910?1977
Physical educationalist, university professor
Smithyman, William Kendrick
1922?1995
Poet, teacher, literary critic, university tutor
Smyth, Annie
1878?1942
Salvation Army officer, missionary
Smyth, Charles Gordon
1883?1927
Policeman, trade unionist, baker
Smyth, Patrick
1893?1954
Nga Puhi; teacher, principal, educationalist
Snelson, George Mathew
1837?1901
Ironmonger, storekeeper, community leader
Snelson, Louisa Matilda
1844?1919
Community leader
Snow, Sarah Ellen Oliver
1864?1939
Political activist, feminist, welfare worker
Soljak, Miriam Bridelia
1879?1971
Teacher, political activist, feminist, journalist
Solomon, Harata Ria Te Uira
1925?1993
Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa woman of mana; teacher, entertainer, community leader, Mormon leader
Solomon, Tommy
1884?1933
Moriori leader, farmer
Somerset, Gwendolen Lucy
1894?1988
Teacher, adult education director, educationalist, writer
Somerset, Hugh Crawford Dixon
1895?1968
Teacher, adult education director, university professor, writer
Soper, Eileen Louise
1900?1989
Journalist, writer, Girl Guide commissioner
Southwell, Charles
1814?1860
Freethinker, lecturer, newspaper owner and editor, actor
Spain, William
1803?1876
Land claims commissioner
Sparrow, Arthur George William
1896?1967
Commercial artist, photographer, businessman
Speight, Charles
1865?1928
Brewer, businessman
Speight, Robert
1867?1949
Geologist, university professor, museum curator
Spencer, Anna Elizabeth Jerome
1872?1955
School principal, orchardist, community leader
Spencer-Smith, Joan Elizabeth
1891?1965
Anglican deaconess, lecturer
Sperrey, Eleanor Catherine
1862?1893
Artist
Spragg, Wesley
1848?1930
Butter manufacturer and exporter, temperance campaigner, benefactor
Sprott, Thomas Henry
1856?1942
Anglican bishop
Spurdle, Flora Park Cave
1883?1973
Journalist, museum worker, local historian
Squarise, Raffaello
1856?1945
Violinist, composer, music teacher, conductor
Squires, Catharine
1843?1912
Church leader
St Quentin, John Calcott
fl. 1863?1869
Painter, designer, workers? advocate
Stace, Aileen Mary
1895?1977
Craftswoman, spinner and spinning teacher
Stace, Helen McRae
1850?1926
Homemaker, school matron
Stack, James West
1835?1919
Missionary, clergyman, writer, interpreter
Stafford, Edward William
1819?1901
Runholder, provincial superintendent, premier, sportsman
Stanich, Christopher Vincent
1902?1987
Master mariner, harbourmaster, waterfront controller
Stapp, Frank Howard Nelson
1908?1993
Railway worker, concert impresario
Stark, Freda Beatrice
1910?1999
Clerical worker, dancer
Statham, Charles Ernest
1875?1946
Lawyer, politician, parliamentary Speaker
Statham, Edith Mary
1853?1951
Singer, nurse, secretary, war graves conservator, community worker
Staveren, Herman van
1849?1930
Rabbi, philanthropist
Stead, Edgar Fraser
1881?1949
Engineer, horticulturist, ornithologist, marksman
Stead, George Gatonby
1841?1908
Grain merchant, racehorse owner and breeder, businessman
Steele, Louis John
1842?1918
Artist, engraver
Stephens, Oswold Counsell
1896?1980
Teacher, chemist, potter
Stephenson, George
1874?1918
Auctioneer, rugby player, theatrical company manager and entrepreneur
Stevens, Edward Cephas John
1837?1915
Land agent, businessman, sportsman, politician
Stevens, Emily Jean
1900?1967
Wholesale florist, nurserywoman, iris hybridiser
Stevens, Joan
1908?1990
Teacher, university professor of English
Stevens, Percy Ronald
1893?1963
Mechanic, radio broadcaster
Stevens, William George
1893?1975
Military leader, diplomat
Stevenson, Greta Barbara
1911?1990
Botanist, mycologist, mountaineer, teacher
Stevenson, Jean
1881?1948
Community worker and administrator
Stevenson, Margaret Beveridge
1865?1941
Baha?i
Stewart, Adela Blanche
1846?1910
Homemaker, writer
Stewart, Albert Oliphant
1884?1958
Ngati Awa and Te Whanau-a-Apanui leader, law clerk, interpreter,
local politician, rate collector
Stewart, Catherine Campbell
1881?1957
Welfare worker, political activist, politician
Stewart, Frances Ann
1840?1916
Social activist
Stewart, George
1885?1955
Wool and fur skin exporter, businessman
Stewart, George Vesey
1832??1920
Farmer, coloniser, local politician
Stewart, Hugh
1884?1934
University professor, classicist, military leader, historian
Stewart, John Tiffin
1827?1913
Civil engineer, surveyor
Stewart, Keith Lindsay
1896?1972
Military leader
Stewart, Marion Watson
1898?1983
Poultry farmer and promoter, community leader
Stewart, Mary Downie
1876?1957
Political hostess, welfare worker
Stewart, William Downie
1878?1949
Lawyer, politician, writer
Stirling, Mihi Kotukutuku
1870?1956
Te Whanau-a-Apanui and Ngati Porou woman of mana
Stirling, Wharetutu Te Aroha
1924?1993
Ngai Tahu woman of mana, conservationist
Stoddart, Margaret Olrog
1865?1934
Artist
Stokell, Gerald
1890?1972
Horticulturist, ichthyologist
Stokes, John Lort
1811??1885
Naval officer, hydrographer
Stothard, Sarah Sophia
1825/1826??1901
Teacher, educationalist
Stott, Donald John
1914?1945
Soldier, resistance leader
Stout, Anna Paterson
1858?1931
Feminist, community worker
Stout, Robert
1844?1930
Lawyer, politician, premier, chief justice, university chancellor
Stowell, Henry Matthew
1859?1944
Nga Puhi interpreter, genealogist
Strachan, James Ernest
1883?1973
School principal
Strode, Alfred Rowland Chetham
1823?1890
Police officer, magistrate, goldfields commissioner, runholder
Strong, Ann Monroe Gilchrist
1875?1957
University professor of home science
Strouts, Frederick
1834?1919
Architect
Stuart, Bathia Howie
1893?1987
Actor, singer, journalist, lecturer, film-maker, tourism promoter
Stuart, Donald McNaughton
1819??1894
Presbyterian minister, educationalist
Stuart, Wilhelmina Magdalene
1895?1985
Telegraphist
Sturm, Friedrich Wilhelm Christian
1810/1811??1896
Naturalist, interpreter, nursery owner
Suckling, Sophia Lois
1893?1990
Optician, family planning reformer
Suisted, Laura Jane
1840?1903
Writer, journalist, parliamentary reporter
Sullivan, Daniel Giles
1882?1947
French polisher, trade unionist, journalist, politician
Sullivan, John Lorraine
1915?1990
Rugby player, driver, salesman, rugby coach and administrator, company director
Sullivan, Martin Gloster
1910?1980
Anglican dean, army and student chaplain
Sullivan, William
1891?1967
Builder, politician
Summers, Ethel Snelson
1912?1998
Draper?s assistant, journalist, novelist
Surville, Jean Fran?ois Marie de
1717?1770
Explorer
Sutch, William Ball
1907?1975
Teacher, economist, writer, diplomat, public servant, social policy analyst
Sutcliffe, Herbert
1886?1971
Psychologist, health advocate and teacher
Suter, Andrew Burn
1830?1895
Anglican bishop
Suter, Henry
1841?1918
Zoologist, palaeontologist
Sutherland, Benjamin
1873?1949
Railway clerk, grocer, businessman, philanthropist
Sutherland, Donald
1843/1844??1919
Soldier, explorer, accommodation-house keeper
Sutherland, Ivan Lorin George
1897?1952
Ethnologist, university professor
Sutherland, Mary
1893?1955
Forester, botanist
Sutherland, Mary Ann
1864?1948
Farmer, landowner
Sutherland, Olive Rose
1894?1984
Teacher
Sutherland, Selina Murray McDonald
1839?1909
Nurse, social worker
Swainson, Mary Anne
1833??1897
Headmistress
Swainson, William
1809?1884
Lawyer, attorney general, politician, church chancellor
Swift, Anne
1829-1835???
Prostitute
Syme, Roderick
1900?1994
Agricultural instructor, mountaineer, conservationist, alpine sports administrator
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