Evelyn Stokes

Dame Evelyn Stokes
Evelyn Stokes in Tauranga, 2003
Stokes in 2003
Born
Evelyn Mary Dinsdale

(1936-12-05)5 December 1936
Tauranga, New Zealand
Died15 August 2005(2005-08-15) (aged 68)
OccupationGeographer
Known forWaitangi Tribunal
SpouseBrian Stokes (m. 1964, divorced)
AwardsDistinguished New Zealand Geographer Medal
Academic background
Alma materSyracuse University
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Waikato
Doctoral studentsRobyn Longhurst[1]

Dame Evelyn Mary Stokes DNZM (née Dinsdale; 5 December 1936 – 15 August 2005) was a professor of geography at the University of Waikato in New Zealand and a member of the New Zealand government's Waitangi Tribunal. Throughout her life she worked for recognition of marginalised groups including women and Māori, and she published extensively on New Zealand historical geography and on Māori land issues.[2]

  1. ^ Longhurst, Robyn (1996). Geographies that matter: Pregnant bodies in public places (Doctoral thesis). University of Waikato.
  2. ^ Obituary: Stokes, Dame Evelyn Mary, Canterbury Magazine, December 2005, p. 46.