Arthur Paul Harper

Arthur Paul Harper CBE (27 June 1865 – 30 May 1955) was a New Zealand lawyer, mountaineer, explorer, businessman and conservationist. He was simply known as AP or APH. He was born at his parents' house in Armagh Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1865.[1][2]

He was the son of the MP and lawyer Leonard Harper; Bishop Henry Harper was his grandfather.[1] He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1884.[3] He was the inaugural secretary and treasurer of the New Zealand Alpine Club, which was founded in July 1891 in Christchurch.[4]

In 1935, Harper was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[5] In 1950 he was awarded the Loder Cup.[6] In the 1952 New Year Honours he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to the community.[7] He died in Wellington in 1955.[1]

Selected publications
  • Harper, Arthur Paul (1896). Pioneer Work in the Alps of New Zealand.[8]
  • Southern Alps of New Zealand. 1923.
  • Memories of Mountains and Men. 1946.

References
  1. Langton, Graham. "Arthur Paul Harper". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  2. "Birth". The Press. Vol. VII, no. 830. 28 June 1865. p. 2. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  3. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Harper, Arthur Paul" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. "Alpine Club". Lyttelton Times. Vol. LXXVI, no. 9478. 29 July 1891. p. 3. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  5. "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post. Vol. CXIX, no. 105. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  6. "All Loder Cup winners from 1929". www.doc.govt.nz. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  7. "No. 39423". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1951. pp. 41–43.
  8. "Review: Pioneer Work in the Alps of New Zealand by Arthur P. Harper". The Athenæum (3616): 217–218. 13 February 1897.


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