Antony Alpers: 1919-1997

Antony Alpers was a native of New Zealand, born and educated in Christchurch. He enjoyed a successful career as a journalist, music critic, editor, teacher, university professor, and most notably as a biographer and historian. His books include the acclaimed Katherine Mansfield: a Biography (1953), the groundbreaking Dolphins (1960), his definitive study Maori Myths and Tribal Legends (1964), and Legends of the South Seas (1970; reissued 1987 as The World of the Polynesians). He was a modest man of broad learning and quick wit whose contributions to academia are still felt.