Neil Begg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Neil Begg

cricketer

Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1915

Place of Birth: Dunedin, Otago Region, New Zealand

Date of Death: 25-Jun-1995

Profession: historian, cricketer

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Sir Neil Colquhoun Begg (13 April 1915 – 25 June 1995) was a New Zealand paediatrician, historian and cricketer.
He played three first-class matches for the Otago cricket team after the beginning of World War II, but he is most noted as a paediatrician and an historian.
He served as director of medical services for the Plunket Society from 1956 to 1977, and, with his brother Charles, wrote four books on the history of Fiordland.
He chaired the New Zealand Historic Places Trust between 1978 and 1986.