| Birth | Edward Musgrave Blaiklock was born 6 July 1903 in Birmingham, England. |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX Birth. 1903 SepQ BLAIKLOCK, Edward Musgrave. W. Bromwich 6b,837. (FreeBMD.) |
| Note | NOTE: Biography of E. M. Blaiklock in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography indicates the family was in NZ from about Aug 1909. |
| INFO | SCHOOL RECORDS (APWs) NEW ZEALAND. Blaiklock, Edward, register #1368. born 6 Jul 1903, parent/guardian: Edward Blaiklock, address: New Lynn. School: Avondale, admitted: 18 Sep 1911; last day 24 Apr 1914, destination: New Lynn. Last school: Avondale Side. (NZSGKiwiInd1.) |
| INFO | NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1921 INDEX. Teacher examinations, page 574. Edward Musgrave Blaiklock, Auckland, teacher. Also page 576. (NZSGKiwiInd1.) |
| INFO | PASSENGER LIST. T.S.S."Largs Bay" Australian Commonwealth Line. Departure [from London?] 8 July 1924, bound for Australia. Ticket number 11053. Blaiklock, Mr. Edward, electrician, 53. Mrs. Florence, home duties, 46. Mastr. Edwd. Musgrave, 21, Mastr. John Musgrave, 7. Traveling 3rd class. Last address: 13, Liverpool Rd. Leyton London, E.10. Former permanent residence: England. Intended future permanent residence New Zealand. (PassLeavUK.) |
| Marriage | He married Kathleen Minnie Mitchell, daughter of Frederick John Mitchell and Minnie Helena Farmar, 13 November 1928 in Auckland, New Zealand. |
| INFO | NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1933 INDEX. Blaiklock, Edward Musgrove. Teacher, page 628. (NZSGKiwiInd1.) |
| INFO | NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1940, vol.1 .INDEX. Blaikock, Edward Musgrave. Teachers Register, page 502. (NZSGKiwiInd1.) |
| INFO | LAND VALUATION COURT FILE. Index entry. 1944 Application for consent to sale : Robert Alfred Hewitt to Edward Musgrave Blaiklock. Koromiko St, Titirangi. Agency BBAE, series 5632, box 25f, record 1944/126. Location: Archives NZ Auckland. (ArchNZArchwy.) |
| INFO | ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, St. James's Palace, S.W.1, 15th June 1974. "The Queen has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty's Birthday, and on the advice of Her Majesty's New Zealand Ministers, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire: ... Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) . . . O.B.E. to be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order: -- . . .Professor Emeritus Edward Musgrave BLAIKLOCK, of Auckland. For services to scholarship and the community." (LonGazetteAr Suppl 15 Jun 1974 p.6830.) |
| Death | Edward Musgrave Blaiklock died 26 October 1983 in Auckland, New Zealand, at age 80. |
| INFO | CEMETERY INDEX. Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium [Auckland, New Zealand]. Blaiklock, Edward Musgrave, 80 years, male, death 26 Oct 1983, Baptist. #46537 cremation 29 Oct 1983, ashes returned. Christian Funeral Services. (PurewaCem.) |
| INFO | PROBATE FILE Index. Auckland probates. BLAIKLOCK, Edward Musgrave. 1983. Agency BBAE, series 1570, box 3555, record 3311/1983. Location Archives NZ Auckland. (ArchNZArchwy.) |
| INFO | BIOGRAPHY. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Blaiklock, Edward Musgrave 1903-1983. Schoolteacher, university professor, classicist, writer. --summary: b. 6 July 1903 Birmingham England, son of Edward and Florence Tromans Blaiklock. Family emigrated to NZ 1909 arriving Aug. Oct 1910 purchased farm near Titirangi. Farm sold 1920. Education beginning 1910 Avondale Side School in Blockhouse Bay, also Avondale School and New Lynn School. 1917 Auckland Grammar School. Also Auckland Training College and BA degree at Auckland University College. 1921 conversion to Christianity. Taught at Mount Albert School from 1923 and taught languages at Mount Albert Grammar School from 1925. Introduced soccer to the school. 1925 MA degree in Latin and French. Studied Greek also. Appointed lecturer in Classics at Auckland University College from 1927. Married to Kathleen Minnie Mitchell 13 Nov 1928. Moved to house in Mount Albert. Two sons. Moved to Titirangi 1945. From 1940 taught Greek. LittD degree 1946 from University of New Zealand. 1941 began writing newspaper column in Weekly News, the Sunday Herald, and New Zealand Herald. The weekly articles under pen-name Grammaticus continued until his death. 1947 appointed to chair of Classics and then to other offices. Produced many books on the historical background of the New Testament. Was a champion of "traditional belief" in opposition to liberal theologians of the times. 1968 Retired from the university, continued to write and travel, especially as a guide to the Middle East. 1974 awarded OBE for "services to scholarship and the community." Wife died 8 Feb 1978 of brain tumor. He died of cancer 26 October 1983. Biography written by W.F. Richardson. (DicNZBiogWeb.) |
| INFO | PUBLICATION OF BIOGRAPHY by Trevor Shaw: E M Blaiklock A Christian Scholar. (published London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1986. 204 pages.) |
| INFO | BIOGRAPHY. Wikipedia online biography. Major source is Dictionary of NZ Biography piece, but includes a 68-item bibiliography. (Wikipedia Blaiklock.) |
Edward Musgrave Blaiklock