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Harry Borrer Kirk (9 March 1859–1948) was a New Zealand school inspector, biologist and university professor. == Public life == He was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, England on 9 March 1859 to Thomas Kirk and Sarah Jane Mattocks, the family emigrated to New Zealand arriving in Auckland on 9 February 1863 and Wellington in 1874 when Thomas Kirk was appointed to Wellington College. Harry studied for University of New Zealand exams at home, gaining a BA in 1882 and a MA 1883, after which he joined the Department of Education first as a clerk and then as an inspector of native schools. As an inspector, he spend almost two decades travelling the country, collecting botanical specimens as he went.〔 As was typical at the time, Kirk saw Pākehā education as a force for 'elevating' Māori.〔(TE AUTE AND WANGANUI SCHOOL TRUSTS (REPORT AND EVIDENCE OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON THE) ). Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1906 Session II, G-05, page 100-101〕 The 1880 Native Schools Code held that te reo Māori was only to be used to 'learn English more effectively' and Kirk stated in a report: In 1903 Kirk was appointed inaugural chair of biology to Victoria College (now Victoria University of Wellington)〔http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz//tm/scholarly/tei-BarVict-c1.html〕 and he largely devoted the rest of his life to building up the biology capabilities of the university. During the first world war he produced several innovations in military camps for to reduce fly contamination, and he is said to have refused a Captain's commission. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harry Borrer Kirk」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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