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Reverend J. H. (Jonathan Henry (Harry)) Haslam (13 July 1874 – 19 October 1969) was a New Zealand Methodist Church minister, poet, editor and Wesleyan Church historian. His edition of Rev. G. S. Harper’s gold-digging diaries in Westland (republished in 2004) is a New Zealand heritage text. == Life == J. H. Haslam was born in Christchurch on 13 July 1874. His father was Charles Haslam, an old Nelsonian. Early in his life, the family moved to Wellington where his father found work as a supervisor in the Hannah and Company’s boot factory.〔''Colonist'', 15 December 1914〕 He was educated at Mt. Cook Boys’ School and later Newtown School before beginning his training into the Wesleyan Church ministry. He moved to Auckland to continue his training for the ministry and attended Auckland University College graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1900.〔''Auckland Star'', 16 April 1900〕 Haslam served out his probationary years in Wellington until stationed to Christchurch. He married Florence Elizabeth Hurlstone in 1904, had two children: Eric Haslam and Gladys Hayman (née Haslam), and worked as a Methodist church minister stationed in many areas of New Zealand (including Christchurch, Temuka, Whanganui, Canterbury, Bunnythorpe (1913–17), Palmerston North, Invercargill, Waimate (1926-1929), Nelson, Auckland, Hamilton, Otago and Wellington) rising to distinction in the Methodist Church as Secretary and later President of Conference. Haslam was also a Methodist marriage celebrant. As a young man, Haslam played cricket for the Wesley Cricket Club in Wellington.〔''The Evening Post'', 27 September 1895〕 He enjoyed other sports such as tennis and continued to play at cricket matches organised by delegates to Methodist conferences. One of these matches between a Wednesday Association and a Clergyman’s Eleven was played at the Basin Reserve.〔''The Evening Post'', 15 February 1913〕 He was also a member of the Savage Club and the Masonic Lodge and played music. His obituary notes: ‘He was for many years a member of the St Paul’s Choir and entertained at concerts with violin solos.’〔''Waimate Daily Advertiser'', 20 October 1969〕 He could play the piano in his later years for hymn singing. Haslam retired to Waimate in 1940 where he lived out the remaining years of his long life. His wife Florence died in 1958. Towards the end of his life, he lost his eyesight and ‘it was his deep regret that he became divorced from his books’.〔 Haslam died at Waimate on 19 October 1969. He was 95 years old. 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「J. H. Haslam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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