James HightHight at a meeting of the Society for Imperial Culture (front row; 4th from right)
Sir James HightKBE CMG (3 November 1870 – 17 May 1958) was a New Zealand university professor, educational administrator and historian. He was born in Halswell in Christchurch, New Zealand on 3 November 1870.[1] He died on 17 May 1958 and is buried at Linwood Cemetery.[2]
Hight was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1932 King's Birthday Honours.[3] In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[4] In the 1947 New Year Honours he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to education.[5]
The library building at the University of Canterbury is named for him.
^Phillips, N. C. "James Hight". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
^"Result Detail". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
^"No. 33831". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1932. p. 3569.
^"Official jubilee medals". Evening Post. Vol. CXIX, no. 105. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
^"No. 37836". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1947. p. 32.
Sir JamesHight KBE CMG (3 November 1870 – 17 May 1958) was a New Zealand university professor, educational administrator and historian. He was born in...
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2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011. A History of Canterbury, Vol. 1 – Sir JamesHight & Straubel, C.R.; Canterbury Centennial Association and Whitcombe and...
District Court, Alexandra (1972) Hannah Playhouse, Wellington (James Beard, 1973) Puaka–JamesHight Building, University of Canterbury, Christchurch (1974) Richardson...
Library Floor Plans". University of Canterbury. Retrieved 4 June 2012. "JamesHight Library". University of Canterbury. Retrieved 31 May 2021. Walton, John...
was judged the best history thesis of his year and it won him the Sir JamesHight Memorial Prize for "excellence" and the honour of wearing the Philip...
Columbia Tallest building in Columbia. South wall of Francis Quadrangle. 77 JamesHight Building University of Canterbury Christchurch, New Zealand New Zealand...
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James Hay Edward Healy Joe Heenan JamesHight Frederick Hilgendorf John Bird Hine Thomas Hislop Frank Hockly James Thomas Hogan Henry Holland Keith Holyoake...
Hunter LittD 1950 Raymond Priestley DSc 1951 Noel Benson DSc 1951 JamesHight LLD 1951 James B. Conant DSc 1952 Bernard Freyberg LLD 1953 Bruce Levy DSc 1954...
2024, at the age of 88. "The History of Canterbury Vol II" Edited by JamesHight and C Straubel (1971, Whitcombe & Tombes) Hensley, Gerald (2006). Final...
contained a biography of Dobson written by the rector of Canterbury College, JamesHight, and 12,000 copies were distributed throughout New Zealand. The costs...
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Athens. Professor JamesHight, MA, LittD, Rector of Canterbury College, Christchurch, Dominion of New...
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institution, after biologist Elizabeth Herriott. She worked closely with JamesHight, including writing the 1927 A short history of the Canterbury College...
Mills, The Colonization of Australia (1915), pp. 216–7; archive.org. JamesHight and H. D. Bamford, The Constitutional History and Law of New Zealand...
Education Board". The Press. 12 March 1908. Retrieved 6 October 2019. JamesHight; Alice M. F. Candy (1927), A short history of the Canterbury College...
second day out most deadly seasick, oh could I have got onshore in the hight [sic] of it, I swear that uncle Sam, as they call him, would certainly forever...
"Jacquire King, Lowell Reynolds & James Bay: Recording Chaos And The Calm". Sound on Sound. Retrieved October 27, 2020. Hight, Jewly (March 20, 2018). "How...
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