George Macdonald (historian), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

George Macdonald (historian)

Farmer, historian

Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1891

Place of Birth: Christchurch, Canterbury Region, New Zealand

Date of Death: 13-Dec-1967

Profession: farmer, historian

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About George Macdonald (historian)

  • George Ranald Macdonald (4 October 1891 – 13 December 1967) was a New Zealand farmer and historian.
  • He compiled the G R MacDonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biographies, a collection of 12,000 biographies held by the Canterbury Museum.
  • The entire dictionary has been digitised and is available through Canterbury Museum's website. Macdonald was born in the Christchurch suburb of St Albans in 1891.
  • His parents were Gertrude Gould and Ranald Macintosh Macdonald, and George Gould was his uncle.
  • He attended school at French Farm on Banks Peninsula, and Christ's College in Christchurch.
  • He was then sent to study history at Christ Church College at the University of Oxford in England, from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1912, and a Master of Arts in 1919.
  • He was a qualified lawyer but rarely practised in that profession.
  • His education was interrupted by World War I, where he saw active service for the British Army after having been rejected by New Zealand forces due to his poor eyesight.
  • After various assignments, he was with the Royal Tank Corps, was wounded on three occasions, and received the Military Cross in January 1919.
  • His citation reads: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.
  • This officer, though wounded shortly after zero hours, continued to supervise the carrying-up of supplies to the battalion with which he was working, in one case reconnoitring a village which was still occupied by the enemy.
  • He refused to be medically treated until his section was withdrawn. When back in New Zealand, he married Beatrice Mary (Wina) Clifford of Stonyhurst Station at Waipara on 14 February 1922; they were to have four sons.
  • She was the granddaughter of Sir Charles Clifford, 1st Baronet, one of the station's founders.
  • His first farming venture failed.
  • When his father died in 1928, he inherited Lowry Hills near Cheviot.
  • Disillusioned with farming, he sold his farm, bought another, and then retired to Woodend.In his retirement, Macdonald compiled the G R MacDonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biographies, a collection of 12,000 biographies held by the Canterbury Museum.

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