Jack Shallcrass

John James Shallcrass CBE (11 September 1922 – 13 August 2014) was a New Zealand author, educator and humanist.

Jack Shallcrass CBE
Shallcrass, c. 1947
Born	John James Shallcrass (1922-09-11)11 September 1922 Takapuna, New Zealand
Died	13 August 2014(2014-08-13) (aged 91) Wellington, New Zealand

Biography

Born in Takapuna in 1922,^[1] Shallcrass was educated at Wellington College,^[2] and served in the Pacific during World War II.^[3] He later studied at Victoria University College, from where he graduated with a Diploma of Education in 1952, a Bachelor of Arts in 1959 and Master of Arts in 1961.^[4]

In an educational career spanning more than 50 years, he taught in New Zealand schools, at Wellington Teachers' College and Victoria University, rising to the rank of associate professor.^[3] In the 1991 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to education.^[5] A devout humanist,^[3] he was named "Humanist of the Year" by the Humanist Society in 1994.^[6]

He died in Wellington in 2014.^[6]