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- Record ID:
- 35557973 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
- Authority type:
-
- Name.
- Description conventions:
- rda
- LC number:
- n 88226697
- Heading:
- Birth:
- 1888-06-11
- Hong Kong (China)
- Death:
- 1956-12-13
- London (England)
- Associated with:
- Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony
- Used for:
- Grimble, Arthur Francis, Sir, 1888-1956
- Notes:
- Tungaru traditions: writings on the Atoll culture of the Gilbert Islands, 1989 CIP title page (Arthur Francis Grimble) page before title page (Sir Arthur Grimble, 1888-1956)
- LC data base, 1/12/89 (hdg.: Grimble, Arthur, Sir)
- Dict. nat. biog., 1951-1960, c1971 p. 441 (Grimble, Sir Arthur Francis, 1888-1956)
- A pattern of islands, 1952 title page (Arthur Grimble)
- Return to the islands: life and legend in the Gilberts, 1957 title page (Arthur Grimble)
- War finds its way to Gilbert Islands, 1943 title page (Arthur Grimble)
- Wikipedia, November 11, 2015 (Arthur Grimble; Sir Arthur Francis Grimble; born June 11, 1888 in Hong Kong; died December 13, 1956 in London; British civil servant and writer; after joining the Colonial Office, he became a cadet administrative officer in the Gilberts (1914) and became resident commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony in 1926; a specialist in the myths and oral traditions of Kiribati 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 1956 film, Pacific Destiny, was based on his experiences; his scientific work on the Gilbertese culture, Tungaru Traditions: writings on the atoll culture of the Gilbert Islands, was published by Henry Evans Maude, in 1989)
- Local system number:
- 000000561210
- abv07707211
- (AuCNL)920222
- Cataloguing source:
- DLC eng rda DLC DLC UPB
- Authentication code:
- kin