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Ian Shirley

New Zealand's first professor of public policy
Person human Q60838042

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
1940
Date of death
January 20, 2019
Place of birth
Kaiapoi
Country of citizenship
New Zealand[5]
Occupation
university teacher
Employer
Massey University, Auckland University of Technology[7][8]
Position held
professor emeritus[6]
Educated at
Massey University[9]
Doctoral student
Jason Smith, Ricardo Chacon, Anne de Bruin, Patrick Barrett, Chris Eichbaum, Ksenija Napan, Leland Ariel Ruwhiu, Christine Cheyne[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy[20]
Academic thesis
Social practice within a capitalist state[23]
Family name
Shirley[21]
Given name
Ian[22]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
NZThesisProject[24]
Student
Annabel Taylor[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ian Francis Shirley en Ian F. Shirley en Ian Shirley en I. F. Shirley
🔖 Identifiers · 9
VIAF cluster ID
257906417
Library of Congress authority ID
n80016370
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ian Shirley.jpg ↗
Alexander Turnbull Library ID
155763
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11h37v75l2
IdRef ID
16927263X
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007605158805171
Open Library ID
OL1685955A
Yale LUX ID
person/d798c14d-dbcc-4018-b421-264e82abcfc3

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Summary

Ian Shirley was born on 1940[1] in Kaiapoi[2]. He died on January 20, 2019[3]. He worked as a university teacher[4].

FAQs

Where was Ian Shirley born?

Ian Shirley's place of birth was Kaiapoi[2].

What did Ian Shirley do for work?

Ian Shirley worked as a university teacher[4].

Where did Ian Shirley go to school?

Ian Shirley was educated at Massey University[9].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . aut.ac.nz. aut.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Social practice within a capitalist state. wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . The creative country: policy, practice and place in New Zealand's creative economy 1999-2008. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . massey.ac.nz. massey.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . massey.ac.nz. massey.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . massey.ac.nz. massey.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . massey.ac.nz. massey.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [10] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . massey.ac.nz. Retrieved . massey.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · Witidaka · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 2
    Open Library ID → OL1685955A
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'en']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Open Library ID: OL1685955A"
  2. 6w ago · DrThneed · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Ian
    Sex or gender → male
    National Library of Israel J9U ID → 987007605158805171
    Library of Congress authority ID → n80016370
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Doctoral student: Christine Cheyne"
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