Teuira Henry
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Teuira Henry (24/27 January 1847 – 23 January 1915) was a British Tahitian scholar, ethnologist, folklorist, linguist, historian and educator.[1] She worked to reconstruct a lost manuscript on the history of Tahiti written by her grandfather, English missionary John Muggridge Orsmond, by using his original notes. Most of her writings were published posthumously by the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum as the book Ancient Tahiti.[2]
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Teuira Henry | |
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Born | 24/(1847-01-27)27 January 1847 |
Died | 23 January 1915(1915-01-23) (aged 67) |
Occupation(s) | scholar, ethnologist, folklorist, linguist, historian and educator |
Known for | Writing about the culture and history of Tahiti |
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