Adkin Leslie

Leslie Adkin 1888-1964

A biograpahy is: An Eye for the Country, The Life and Work of Leslie Adkin Anthony Dreaver, 1997, Victoria University Press.

From the "blurb"

Leslie Adkin (1888-1964) was one of those extraordinary New Zealanders who, self-taught and operating outside professional and academic structures, made major contributions in an enormous range of activities. As a historian, geologist and anthropologist, his views continue to stimulate and challenge; as a keen tramper, he mapped large areas of the Tararuas; and he was one of the finest photographers New Zealand has had. AN EYE FOR COUNTRY recounts the astounding range of Leslie Adkin's exploits and achievements in absorbing detail. Through study of the extensive archival materials left by Adkin, Anthony Dreaver has united the disparate parts of Adkin's life and personality into an imaginatively coherent whole. With its generous selection of Adkin's superb photographs, maps and sketches, this fine biography is a treasure for anyone with an eye for the country or the past of New Zealand.

The National Library has a page on Adkin here