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He was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy at the College and was made a professor of history at the University of Auckland in 1963.
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Perhaps best known as a historian, Sir Keith Sinclair is one of New Zealand's most popular poets. Drawing on work contained in his four previous collections, this volume also includes 30 new poems, covering topics such as politics, war, history and the landscape.
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He was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy at the College and was made a professor of history at the University of Auckland in 1963.
Born and raised in Auckland, Sinclair was a student at Auckland University College, which was then part of the University of New Zealand. In 1966, Sinclair and fellow lecturer Bob Chapman established The University of Auckland Art Collection, beginning with the purchase of several paintings and drawings by Colin McCahon. The Collection is now managed by the Centre for Art Research, based at the Gus Fisher Gallery.
His next book, A History of New Zealand (1959), is often regarded as a classic in New Zealand history.
The book remains in print, being revised several times, the last, with additions by fellow academic Raewyn Dalziel, in 2000. In 1967 he founded the New Zealand Journal of History.
In both his poetry and his work as a historian, Sinclair was a nationalist, in the sense that he was concerned with forging a national identity for New Zealand that was independent of its colonial origins. In the 1969 general election he was the Labour Party candidate for Eden.
Later he wrote an acclaimed biography of Labour Prime Minister Walter Nash who had left his vast personal archives at Sinclair"s disposal.
Sinclair was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1983 and knighted for services to history in 1985. He then taught history at the University of Auckland until his retirement in 1987. Halfway Round the Harbour, an autobiography, was published posthumously in 1993.
In 2003, the University of Auckland established the Keith Sinclair Chair in History in his honour.
In 2005, he was named one of New Zealand"s Top 100 History Makers.
(Perhaps best known as a historian, Sir Keith Sinclair is ...)