| 词条 | Keith Sinclair |
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| name = Sir Keith Sinclair | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1922|12|5}} | birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1993|6|20|1922|12|5}} | death_place = | nationality = New Zealand | other_names = | known_for = | spouse = Mary Edith Land (m. 1947) Raewyn Dalziel (m. 1976) | party = Labour | occupation = historian, poet }} Sir Keith Sinclair, CBE (5 December 1922 – 20 June 1993) was a poet and noted historian of New Zealand. Academic careerBorn and raised in Auckland, Sinclair was a student at Auckland University College, which was then part of the University of New Zealand. He was awarded a Ph.D. at the College and was made a professor of history at the University of Auckland in 1963.[1] In 1966, Sinclair and fellow lecturer Bob Chapman established The University of Auckland Art Collection, beginning with the purchase of several paintings and drawings by Colin McCahon. The Collection is now managed by the Centre for Art Research, based at the Gus Fisher Gallery. Sinclair won widespread acclaim for his first book of history, The Origins of the Maori Wars (1957). His next book, A History of New Zealand (1959), is often regarded as a classic in New Zealand history. The book remains in print, being revised several times, the last, with additions by fellow academic Raewyn Dalziel, in 2000. In 1967 he founded the New Zealand Journal of History. In both his poetry and his work as a historian, Sinclair was a nationalist, in the sense that he was concerned with forging a national identity for New Zealand that was independent of its colonial origins.[1] Political lifeIn the 1969 general election he was the Labour Party candidate for Eden. He won the electorate on the night, but was defeated 3 weeks later on the final count (including special votes) by only 67 votes.[2] Later he wrote an acclaimed biography of Labour Prime Minister Walter Nash who had left his vast personal archives at Sinclair's disposal. The book won the 1977 National Book Award.[1] Later lifeSinclair was awarded a CBE in 1983 and knighted for services to history in 1985.[1] He then taught history at the University of Auckland until his retirement in 1987. Halfway Round the Harbour, an autobiography, was published posthumously in 1993. In 2003, the University of Auckland established the Keith Sinclair Chair in History in his honour. In 2005, he was named one of New Zealand's Top 100 History Makers. One of his sons is the actor Harry Sinclair; another, Stephen, is a New Zealand playwright and poet. BibliographyHistory
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References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-sir-keith-sinclair-1459112.html |title=Obituary: Sir Keith Sinclair |last1=Chan |first1=Stephen |date=4 August 1993 |website=Independent |publisher= |access-date=22 February 2016 |quote=}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Sinclair, Keith}}2. ^{{cite book |last= Norton |first= Clifford |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946-1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science |accessdate= |edition= |origyear= |year= 1988 |publisher= Victoria University of Wellington |location= Wellington |isbn= 0-475-11200-8 |oclc= |page=220 }} 16 : 1922 births|1993 deaths|New Zealand historians|New Zealand male poets|New Zealand biographers|Male biographers|University of Auckland alumni|University of Auckland faculty|People educated at Mount Albert Grammar School|New Zealand Knights Bachelor|New Zealand Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|New Zealand Labour Party politicians|Unsuccessful candidates in the 1969 New Zealand general election|20th-century New Zealand poets|20th-century New Zealand male writers|20th-century biographers |
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