Davidson, James Wightman Biography 1971

DAVIDSON, James Wightman
Professor of Pacific history, Australian National University, Canberra ACT [Australian Capital Territory]
Born: Wellington, 1 October 1915, son of George W Davidson
Education: Hereworth School, Waitaki Boys’ High School, Victoria University, Wellington; MA [Master of Arts]; St John’s College, Cambridge; PhD [Doctor of Philosophy]
Entered Department Internal Affairs 1938 (External Affairs 1947); UK [United Kingdom] Civil Service (Admiralty, Naval Intelligence Division 1942-45; Colonial Office 1945); Western Samoa public service (trusteeship officer) 1949-50; research assistant Nuffield College, Oxford, 1941-42; fellow St John’s College, Cambridge, 1944-51; university lecturer history Cambridge 1946-50; member Legal Assembly Western Samoa 1949-50; constitutional adviser Government Western Samoa 1959-61, to Legal Assembly Cook Islands 1963, to Nauru local Government Council and the Republic of Nauru 1967-68 (constitutional adviser) and to Congress of Micronesia 1969-
Publications: Northern Rhodesian Legislative Council, 1948; The Study of Pacific History, 1955; Samoa mo Samoa 1967; joint editor Journal of Pacific History; editor (with D Scarr), Pacific Islands Portraits, 1970
Private address: 3 Tasmania Circle, Canberra, ACT, Australia