W. H. Oliver | |
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| Born | William Hosking Oliver 14 May 1925 Feilding, New Zealand |
| Died | 16 September 2015 (aged 90) Wellington, New Zealand |
| Other names | Bill Oliver |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, poet, biographer |
| Spouse | Dorothy Nielsen |
| Children | 6 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Thesis | Organizations and ideas behind the efforts to achieve a general union of the working classes in the early 1830's (1954) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Institutions | University of Canterbury Victoria University of Wellington Massey University |
| Doctoral students | Margaret Tennant[1] |
William Hosking Oliver CBE (14 May 1925 – 16 September 2015), commonly known as W. H. Oliver but also known as Bill Oliver, was an eminent New Zealand historian and a poet. From 1983, Oliver led the development of the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.
- ^ Tennant, Margaret (1981). Indigence and charitable aid in New Zealand 1885–1920 (PDF) (PhD thesis). Massey University. p. iii. Retrieved 20 October 2023.