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Archibald George William Dunningham

Archibald George William Dunningham

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Archibald George William Dunningham (26 April 1907 – 16 April 1996) was a New Zealand librarian. He was born in Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand on 26 April 1907.[1]

Life

Archibald George William Dunningham was born in Napier, New Zealand on April 26, 1907 the son of William Dunningham (1869-1959) and Mary Marshall (née Thomson; 1871-1960). In 1929 Dunningham became an assistant in the General Assembly Library and later moved onto become deputy chief librarian to the Wellington Public Library in 1932. At the age of 46 Dunningham first went to Indonesia in 1953 as the UNESCO mission's library consultant. By the end of 1968, he had served for six years and had become a major architect of Indonesian library policy and practice.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    McEldowney, W. J. "Archibald George William Dunningham". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. [2]
    Williamson, William Landram (January 1999). "Library Consultant in Indonesia: The Work of A.G.W. Dunningham". The Library Quarterly. 69 (1): 67–85. doi:10.1086/603024. JSTOR 4309269. S2CID 144493900.


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