John Hall-Jones, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Hall-Jones

Date of Birth: 14-Sep-1927

Date of Death: 19-Nov-2015

Profession: physician, historian

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About John Hall-Jones

  • John Hall-Jones (14 September 1927 – 19 November 2015) was a New Zealand historian, otolaryngologist and outdoorsman.
  • Jones concentrated on the history of Southland and Otago, New Zealand's southernmost regions, as well as the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands.Born in 1927, Hall-Jones was the great–grandson of John Turnbull Thomson (1821–1884), a British architect and civil engineer who was the original surveyor of the city of Invercargill, the grandson of New Zealand prime minister Sir William Hall-Jones, and the son of Fred Hall-Jones, a community leader and historian.
  • He studied medicine at the University of Otago, graduating MB ChB in 1953, and then undertook postgraduate training in London.
  • Until his retirement at the age of 60, Hall-Jones was a practising otolaryngologist, and made a significant contribution to postgraduate medical education in Southland.An avid outdoorsman, much of Hall–Jones's writing focused on the natural history and wilderness areas of southern New Zealand.
  • He also published works on the history of Antarctica, the Himalayas, Patagonia, and the Rocky Mountains.
  • Hall-Jones would often begin research for his books by exploring the wilderness of an area by flying, kayaking, trekking or camping in a region.
  • He would write during the winters when the weather was colder.
  • In all he published 34 historical books.In the 1995 New Year Honours, Hall-Jones was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to medicine and local history.
  • In 2007, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of Otago.
  • He won the J.M.
  • Sherrard Award for regional histories for two of his books, Fiordland Explored and Bluff Harbour.
  • His The Fjords of Fiordland was a finalist in the 2003 Montana Book Awards, while Goldfields of the South was a Sir James Wattie Book award finalist.In 2015, he published his autobiography, A Life of Adventures, just a few months before his death.
  • He died on 19 November 2015, at the age of 88.

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