Elsdon Best

Elsdon Best
Elsdon Best, 1931
Born(1856-06-30)30 June 1856
Tawa Flat, New Zealand
Died9 September 1931(1931-09-09) (aged 75)
Wellington, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealander
RelativesMadeline Best (sister)
Awards
Scientific career
Fieldsethnography

Elsdon Best (30 June 1856 – 9 September 1931) was an ethnographer who made important contributions to the study of the Māori of New Zealand.