Background
DRUMMOND, James was born on October 17, 1869 in The Thames, Auckland, New Zealand. Son of late John Drummond, Civil and Marine Engineer, Gisborne, New Zealand.
DRUMMOND, James was born on October 17, 1869 in The Thames, Auckland, New Zealand. Son of late John Drummond, Civil and Marine Engineer, Gisborne, New Zealand.
Studied at private and public schools, Gisborne. Grammar School, Napier. Was apprenticed to printing trade at Poverty Bay Herald Office, Gisborne, and employed in Government Printing Office, Wellington, New 578 Zealand.
Entered journalism, and has followed that profession in different parts of the Dominion. Student of Colonial history and ornithology. Fellow of the Zoological Society, Fellow of the Linnean Society.
New Zealand journalist and author
Spouse 1899, Mary,daughter of late William Tracey, Civil Engineer