Oamaru
Notable people: off-topic and superfluous
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From 1906 to 1944 [[Frank Milner]] (1875–1944) was the headteacher at [[Waitaki Boys' High School]]. |
From 1906 to 1944 [[Frank Milner]] (1875–1944) was the headteacher at [[Waitaki Boys' High School]]. |
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Notable students include [[Charles Brasch]] (1909–1973) at Waitaki (1923–1926), a poet and patron of artists; [[Douglas Lilburn]] (1915–2001), "the elder statesman of New Zealand music"; [[James Munro Bertram|James Bertram]] (1910–1993), writer and academic; [[Denis Blundell]], a future [[Governor-General of New Zealand]]; and [[Ian Milner]] (1911–1991), the Rector's son, a Czech and English scholar falsely accused of spying for Communism. |
Notable students include [[Charles Brasch]] (1909–1973) at Waitaki (1923–1926), a poet and patron of artists; [[Douglas Lilburn]] (1915–2001), "the elder statesman of New Zealand music"; [[James Munro Bertram|James Bertram]] (1910–1993), writer and academic; [[Denis Blundell]], a future [[Governor-General of New Zealand]]; and [[Ian Milner]] (1911–1991), the Rector's son, a Czech and English scholar falsely accused of spying for Communism. |
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E.A. Gifford (1819–1894), an artist and [[Royal Academy|Royal Academician]], lived in Oamaru from 1877 to 1885 and from 1892 until his death. A genre, portrait and landscape painter he established a national reputation. His ''Auckland from the Wharf'' of 1887 is probably the best-known image of 19th-century Auckland. |
E.A. Gifford (1819–1894), an artist and [[Royal Academy|Royal Academician]], lived in Oamaru from 1877 to 1885 and from 1892 until his death. A genre, portrait and landscape painter he established a national reputation. His ''Auckland from the Wharf'' of 1887 is probably the best-known image of 19th-century Auckland. |
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