Russell Stone (historian)

Russell Stone
ONZM
Born
Russell Cyril James Stone

(1923-04-07) 7 April 1923 (age 101)
Auckland, New Zealand
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Auckland
ThesisAuckland business and businessmen in the 1880s (1969)
Doctoral advisorKeith Sinclair
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-disciplineHistory of Auckland
InstitutionsUniversity of Auckland

Russell Cyril James Stone ONZM (born 7 April 1923)[1] is a New Zealand historian,[2] author and professor emeritus at the University of Auckland. In 2012, the New Zealand Herald called him the leading authority on the history of Auckland, having written nine books on early Auckland history.[3]

Biography

Born in Mount Eden in 1923,[4] Stone was educated at Mount Albert Grammar School,[5] and graduated from Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1945, and a Master of Arts degree with first-class honours in 1949.[6] After working as a secondary-school teacher, Stone was appointed to the staff of the history department at the University of Auckland in 1964,[7] and completed a PhD in history in 1969. His thesis was titled Auckland business and businessmen in the 1880s,[8] and was published in 1973 as Makers of Fortune: A Colonial Business Community and Its Fall.[9] He retired in 1989 and was granted the title of professor emeritus.[10]

The memoirs of John Logan Campbell were published in 1881. Stone republished these long out-of-print tales in his book: Poenamo: Romance and Reality of Antipodean Life in the Infancy of a New Colony. Stone had earlier written a two-volume life of Campbell,Young Logan Campbell (1982)[11] and The Father and his Gift: John Logan Campbell's Later Years (1987).[12]

In the 2002 New Year Honours, Stone was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to historical research.[13] He was the joint winner of the biennial J.M. Sherrard Award in New Zealand local and regional history in 2004, for his book From Tamaki-Makau-rau to Auckland, published in 2001.[7]

Bibliography

  • Stone, R. C. J. (1973). Makers of Fortune: A Colonial Business Community and Its Fall. Auckland: Auckland University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-647713-8. OCLC 903594. Wikidata Q118959056.
  • Stone, R. C. J. (December 1982), Young Logan Campbell, Auckland: Auckland University Press, OCLC 10403251, Wikidata Q118959070
  • Stone, R. C. J. (1987). The father and his gift: John Logan Campbell's later years. ISBN 1-86940-710-5. OCLC 988016057. Wikidata Q118959076.
  • Stone, R. C. J. (2001). From Tamaki-Makau-Rau to Auckland. Auckland: Auckland University Press. ISBN 1-86940-259-6. OCLC 865330258. OL 3101881W. Wikidata Q118324088.
  • Stone, R. C. J. (July 2007). Logan Campbell's Auckland: Tales from the Early Years. Auckland: Auckland University Press. ISBN 978-1-86940-393-5. OCLC 154667958. Wikidata Q118959063.

References

  1. ^ Gaster, Adrian (1977). The international authors and writers who's who. International Biographical Centre. p. 984. ISBN 090033245X.
  2. ^ "A place apart". The New Zealand Herald. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  3. ^ Roughan, John (29 September 2012). "Auckland's historic treasure". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Births". Auckland Star. 10 April 1923. p. 1. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  5. ^ Stone, Russell (1997). "Prelude". Tradition and Change. Auckland: Mount Albert Grammar School. ISBN 047304689X.
  6. ^ "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Sl–Sz". Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Emeritus professor's history wins biennial prize". Scoop Independent News. 8 April 2004. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  8. ^ Stone, R. (1969). Auckland Business and Businessmen in the 1880s (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/2113.
  9. ^ Burns, James A. S. (1983). "Review of Young Logan Campbell". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 92 (2). University of Auckland: 279–281. ISSN 0032-4000.
  10. ^ University of Auckland Calendar 1992 (PDF). p. 19. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  11. ^ Stone, R. C. J. (1982). Young Logan Campbell. Auckland University Press. p. 286. ISBN 9780196480190.
  12. ^ Stone, R. C. J. (1987). The Father and his Gift: John Logan Campbell's Later Years. Auckland University Press. p. 310. ISBN 9781869400163.
  13. ^ "New Year honours list 2002". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2001. Retrieved 3 August 2019.