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Richard Boast

New Zealand lawyer
Person Human Q107122980

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Place of birth
Tokoroa
Country of citizenship
New Zealand[3]
Occupation
barrister
Educated at
Victoria University of Wellington[4]
Award received
King's Counsel, Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi[5][6][7]
Doctoral student
Ruiping Ye, Layne Harvey, S M Masum Billah[9][10][11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[15]
Family name
Boast[12]
Given name
Richard, Peter[13][14]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
GLAM Auckland War Memorial Museum, NZThesisProject[16][17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Professor Richard Boast en Prof Richard Boast en Richard Boast en Richard Boast KC en Richard Boast QC en Richard Peter Boast en R P Boast
🔖 Identifiers · 6
VIAF cluster ID
4530615
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no97009660
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Richard Boast investiture (cropped).jpg ↗
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/12nxjpnk9
J9U entity ID
987007354619205171
Yale LUX ID
person/e4285a60-49e7-43b6-b10e-88cb03cc8ebb

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Summary

Richard Boast was born in Tokoroa[1]. He has worked as a barrister[2].

FAQs

Where was Richard Boast born?

Richard Boast was born in Tokoroa[1].

What did Richard Boast do for work?

Richard Boast worked as a barrister[2].

Where did Richard Boast go to school?

Richard Boast was educated at Victoria University of Wellington[4].

What awards did Richard Boast receive?

Honors received include King's Counsel[5], Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit[6], and Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi[7].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . support.thomsonreuters.co.nz. support.thomsonreuters.co.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . dpmc.govt.nz. dpmc.govt.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . royalsociety.org.nz. royalsociety.org.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . lawsociety.org.nz. lawsociety.org.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Google Knowledge Graph ID → /g/12nxjpnk9
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Doctoral student → Ruiping Ye, Layne Harvey, S M Masum Billah
    Wikidata description → New Zealand lawyer
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: J9U entity ID: 987007354619205171, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783595065105; Based on LC id in the National Library of Israel"
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