Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south.... , 11 June 1888 - London
London
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe.... Civil Servant and writer
Writer
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Colonial Office is the government agency which serves to oversee and supervise their colony* Colonial Office - The British Government department... , he became a cadet administrative officer in the Gilberts
Gilbert Islands
The Gilbert Islands are a chain of 16 atolls and coral islands in the Pacific Ocean. They are the main part of the Republic of Kiribati and include Tarawa, the site of the country's capital and residence of almost half of the population.... (1914) and became Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
The Gilbert and Ellice Islands were a United Kingdom protectorate from 1892 and colony from 1916 until 1 January 1976 when the islands were divided into two different colonies which became independent nations shortly after.... colony in 1926.
Specialist in the myths and oral traditions of Kiribati
Kiribati
Kiribati , officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. It is composed of List of islands belonging to Kiribati and one Tectonic uplift island, dispersed over 3,500,000 square kilometres, straddling the equator, and bordering the International Date Line to the east.... people, he learned the Gilbertese language.
He wrote A Pattern of Islands (London, John Murray 1952, published in US as We chose the Islands) and Return to the Islands (1957) which were best-sellers.
The best book on his scientific work on the Gilbertese Culture has been published by Henry Evans Maude
Henry Evans Maude
Henry Evans Maude Order of the British Empire was a British civil servant and anthropologist. He was the husband of Honor Maude.... , Tungaru Traditions: writings on the atoll culture of the Gilbert Islands, University of Hawaii
University of Hawaii
The University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, doctoral and post-doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment training center, th... Press, Honolulu, 1989, ISBN 0-8248-1217-4
