Background
He was born in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand on 17 June 1877, and died in Wellington on 19 July 1963.
historian journalist Librarian
He was born in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand on 17 June 1877, and died in Wellington on 19 July 1963.
Educated at Tokomairiro District High School, he was the second chief parliamentary librarian and succeeded Charles Wilson. Together with Emil Schwabe, he edited the 1908 edition of Who"s who in New Zealand and the western Pacific. In the 1919 King"s Birthday Honours, Scholefield was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.