Percy Smith (ethnologist)

Stephenson Percy Smith, c. 1908[a]

Stephenson Percy Smith (11 June 1840 – 19 April 1922) was a New Zealand ethnologist and surveyor. He researched and wrote about the origins of the Māori people and was one of the founders of the Polynesian Society.[1] While his research has been criticised as flawed, it set a foundation for ethnological study in New Zealand.[2]


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