Record ID:
35303266 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
Description conventions:
  • rda
LC number:
  • n 50049259 n 78024916
Heading:
Birth:
  • 1917
  • Plymouth
Death:
  • 20021023
Associated with:
  • England
  • New Zealand
  • Cook Islands
  • Australia
Occupations:
  • doctor
  • scholar
  • sailor
Used for:
  • Lewis, David Henry, 1917-2002
Notes:
  • Dr., M.B., Ch. B.
  • His The ship would not travel due west, 1961.
  • NZ files, Oct. 11, 2005 (hdg.: Lewis, David Henry, 1917-2002)
  • Wikipedia (viewed 19 September 2019) David Henry Lewis (David Henry Lewis DCNZM (1917-23 October 2002) was a sailor, adventurer, doctor, and Polynesian scholar. He is best known for his studies on the traditional systems of navigation used by the Pacific Islanders ; Lewis was born in Plymouth, England and raised in New Zealand and Rarotonga. He was sent to the Polynesian school in Rarotonga, where he apparently developed his appreciation for Polynesian identity and culture. He remained a New Zealander throughout his life, though he eventually retired to Queensland) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Henry_Lewis
Local system number:
  • (AuCNL)32060
  • 000000304816
  • abv00271561
Cataloguing source:
  • DLC eng rda DLC DLC Nz OCoLC ANL
Authentication code:
  • anuc