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