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James Belich

New Zealand historian
Person Human Q3160933

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[20]
Date of birth
1956
Place of birth
Wellington
Country of citizenship
New Zealand[5]
Occupation
historian, university teacher
Employer
Victoria University of Wellington, University of Auckland, Australian National University[7][8][9]
Field of work
history[6]
Educated at
Victoria University of Wellington, Nuffield College, Onslow College[10][11][12]
Award received
Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Rhodes Scholarship, Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, Fellow of the New Zealand Academy of the Humanities, Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Non-Fiction), honorary doctor of Victoria University of Wellington, Michael King Memorial Lecture[13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
Official website
www.history.ox.ac.uk[30]
Doctoral student
Sandra Callister, Marco de Jong, Felicity Barnes, Hirini Kaa, Martin Fisher, Roderick John Bunce[21][22][23][24][25][26]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[31]
Family name
Belich[28]
Given name
James[29]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
NZThesisProject[32]
Residence
Oxford[27]
🏷️ Also known as
en James Belich en James Christopher Belich de James Christopher Belich ja ジェイムズ・ベリッチ
🔖 Identifiers · 36
ISNI
0000000109026328
VIAF cluster ID
54273743
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n85265264
GND ID
138737800
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
James Belich 2010.jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID
90168046
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
BelichJames1956-
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
127590852
CONOR.SI ID
289932899
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10245453
CiNii Research ID
1140563741613714048
Freebase ID
/m/04h2x7
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IMDb ID
nm0067862
IdRef ID
030234778
J9U entity ID
987007580911805171
Libraries Australia ID
36000500
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA04955402
NLA Trove people ID
597256
NSK (VIAF) ID
000763660
NSK ID
981005728096409366
NUKAT ID
n2004095065
National Library of Korea ID
KAC202105672
National Library of Latvia ID
000265818
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:DZah;=B3
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9813699439105606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
074083872
Open Library ID
OL353313A
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095456804
PUG authority ID
242236
Parsifal cluster ID
821917
Prabook ID
2185423
RERO ID (legacy)
A002986568
Read NZ Te Pou Muramura writer ID
belich-james
Unz Review author ID
BelichJames
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJmhRF7FRG6pcG9qCC9kXd
Yale LUX ID
person/9c258711-618c-4da7-8fab-ec5e509e04c1

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🔗 Connections
Employer 3
Australian National University, University of Auckland, Victoria University of Wellington
Award received 2
Rhodes Scholarship, honorary doctor of Victoria University of Wellington
Educated at 2
Victoria University of Wellington, Nuffield College
Occupation 2
historian, university teacher
Country of citizenship 1
New Zealand
Field of work 1
history
Given name 1
James
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Wellington
Residence 1
Oxford
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

James Belich was born in 1956[1] in Wellington[2]. He has worked as a historian[3] and university teacher[4].

FAQs

Where was James Belich born?

James Belich's place of birth was Wellington[2].

What did James Belich do for work?

James Belich worked as a historian[3] and university teacher[4].

Where did James Belich go to school?

James Belich was educated at Victoria University of Wellington[10], Nuffield College[11], and Onslow College[12].

What awards did James Belich receive?

Honors received include Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit[13], Rhodes Scholarship[14], Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi[15], and Fellow of the New Zealand Academy of the Humanities[16].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . universitiesnz.ac.nz. universitiesnz.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . universitiesnz.ac.nz. universitiesnz.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved . royalsociety.org.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . universitiesnz.ac.nz. universitiesnz.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved . royalsociety.org.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved . royalsociety.org.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . creativenz.govt.nz. creativenz.govt.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wgtn.ac.nz. wgtn.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . otago.ac.nz. otago.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . War, seen through photographs, darkly : the photographic representation of World War One from a New Zealand perspective. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . history.ox.ac.uk. history.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [1] ↑ . NUKAT. wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65759: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
  2. 27d ago · DrThneed · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Doctoral student → Sandra Callister, Marco de Jong, Felicity Barnes +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #60586: matched doctoral"
  3. 7w ago · DrThneed · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Family name → Belich
    Occupation → historian, university teacher
    Field of work → history
    Place of birth → Wellington
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Award received: Michael King Memorial Lecture"
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