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Cambridge graduate and WW1 fighter pilot, Bill's later career included a period as a science teacher at Kings College Auckland (1923-32). | Cambridge graduate and WW1 fighter pilot, Bill's later career included a period as a science teacher at Kings College Auckland (1923-32). | ||
He published a few papers on archaeology but perhaps his greater contribution to science was being one of the inspirations for pupil [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=5F9 Charles Fleming's]career. | He published a few papers on archaeology but perhaps his greater contribution to science was being one of the inspirations for pupil [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=5F9 Charles Fleming's]career. | ||
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| + | He and his wife, painter Birtchnell Delph ran Parnell House at Kings for nearly seven years. He later taught at New Plymouth and was a visiting agriculture teacher at Northland schools after the second world war. | ||
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Leonard William (Bill) Delph
Cambridge graduate and WW1 fighter pilot, Bill's later career included a period as a science teacher at Kings College Auckland (1923-32). He published a few papers on archaeology but perhaps his greater contribution to science was being one of the inspirations for pupil Charles Fleming'scareer.
He and his wife, painter Birtchnell Delph ran Parnell House at Kings for nearly seven years. He later taught at New Plymouth and was a visiting agriculture teacher at Northland schools after the second world war.
Bibiliography
- 1939 Cave Drawings Near Tongaporutu, Taranaki. Journal of the Polynesian Society, 48(2):116-21.
- and G Archey 1930 The Piraunui Pa at Matawhana, Waikato. Records of the Auckland Museum 1(1):57-69.
