Horace Fildes

Horace Edward Manners Fildes (5 October 1875–7 October 1937) was a New Zealand postmaster, book collector and bibliographer. He was born in Temuka, South Canterbury, New Zealand on 5 October 1875.[1][2][3]

Fildes bequeathed nearly 2,000 volumes to the Victoria University College Library, which provided the basis of the New Zealand research materials in the J.C. Beaglehole Room.[4][5]

References
  1. Coleridge, Kathleen A. "Horace Edward Manners Fildes". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. "Papers of Horace Fildes". thecommunityarchive.org.nz. 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  3. "Horace Edward Manners Fildes". nzetc.org. 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  4. "Fildes, Horace Edward Manners". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  5. "J.C. Beaglehole Room: Collections and History". Victoria University of Wellington Library. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2019.


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