Guy Scholefield, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Guy Scholefield

Journalist, historian, archivist, librarian, editor

Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1877

Place of Birth: Dunedin, Otago Region, New Zealand

Date of Death: 19-Jul-1963

Profession: librarian, historian, archivist, journalist

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Guy Hardy Scholefield (17 June 1877 – 19 July 1963) was a New Zealand journalist, historian, archivist, librarian and editor, known primarily as the compiler of the 1940 version of the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.
He was born in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand on 17 June 1877, and died in Wellington on 19 July 1963.Educated at Tokomairiro District High School, he was the second chief parliamentary librarian and succeeded Charles Wilson.
Together with Emil Schwabe, he edited the 1908 edition of Who's who in New Zealand and the western Pacific.In the 1919 King's Birthday Honours, Scholefield was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
He was appointed as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1948 New Year Honours, in recognition of his services as parliamentary librarian and national archivist.