Background
Buck, Peter Henry was born on August 15, 1880 in Urenui, Taranaki, New Zealand. Son of William Henry and Nga-Rongo Buck.
Buck, Peter Henry was born on August 15, 1880 in Urenui, Taranaki, New Zealand. Son of William Henry and Nga-Rongo Buck.
Student Te Aute College, New Zealand, 1896-1898. Bachelor of Medicine, Otago Medical School, University of New Zealand, 1904, Bachelor of Surgery, 1904, Doctor of Medicine 1910. Master of Arts, Yale, 1936.
Doctor of Science, University of New Zealand, 1937.
Doctor of Science, University of Rochester, 1939.
Came to the United States, 1927. Medical officer of health, New Zealand, 1905-1908. Member Parliament, New Zealand, 1904-1914.
Director Maori hygiene, New Zealand, 1919-1927.
Ethnologist, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, 1927-1932, 1934-1936. Visiting professor, Yale University, 1932-1934.
Director Bishop Museum and professor anthropological, Yale, 1936-1948. President of the board of trustees, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, since 1948.
Major, World War, with New Zealand forces (services in Gallipoli, France, Belgium), 1914-1919.
Received Doctorate.S.O., 1914-1915 Star, and other British war and victory medals.
Fellow Royal Society of New Zealand, Royal Anthropological Institute, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Anthropological Association, Polynesian Society, Sigma Xi (Yale).
Married Margaret Wilson, August 14, 1905.