Margaret Alington
Encyclopedia
Margaret Hilda Alington (Broadhead) (born 30 September 1920) is a New Zealand
historian
, whose work has contributed much to the knowledge of architectural history in New Zealand.
Much of Alington's research has centred on the life and work of the Revd Frederick Thatcher
, architect of noted New Zealand buildings including St Mary's Church (New Plymouth), and Old St Paul's (Wellington). The culmination of this investigation is Alington's latest book, An Excellent recruit: Frederick Thatcher, architect, priest and private secretary in early New Zealand.
She is the wife of New Zealand architect Bill Alington.
, New Zealand
. She has worked as a librarian in the Canterbury and Auckland University College libraries, Leeds University Library, University of Illinois library (Urbana
, USA
), and the Alexander Turnbull Library (part of the National Library of New Zealand
).
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
, whose work has contributed much to the knowledge of architectural history in New Zealand.
Much of Alington's research has centred on the life and work of the Revd Frederick Thatcher
Frederick Thatcher
Rev. Frederick Thatcher was an English and New Zealand architect and clergyman.He was born at Hastings to a long-established Sussex family. He was one of the earliest associates of the Institute of British Architects, being admitted in 1836.He emigrated to New Zealand in 1843, working in New...
, architect of noted New Zealand buildings including St Mary's Church (New Plymouth), and Old St Paul's (Wellington). The culmination of this investigation is Alington's latest book, An Excellent recruit: Frederick Thatcher, architect, priest and private secretary in early New Zealand.
She is the wife of New Zealand architect Bill Alington.
Biographic details
Margaret Alington was born and educated in ChristchurchChristchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. She has worked as a librarian in the Canterbury and Auckland University College libraries, Leeds University Library, University of Illinois library (Urbana
Urbana, Illinois
Urbana is the county seat of Champaign County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,250. Urbana is the tenth-most populous city in Illinois outside of the Chicago metropolitan area....
, USA
United States
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), and the Alexander Turnbull Library (part of the National Library of New Zealand
National Library of New Zealand
The National Library of New Zealand is New Zealand's legal deposit library charged with the obligation to "enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations"...
).