- Arthur Grimble
Sir Arthur Francis Grimble (
Hong Kong ,11 June 1888 -London ,13 December 1956 ) was a BritishCivil Servant andwriter .After joining the
Colonial Office , he became a cadet administrative officer in the Gilberts (1914) and became Resident Commissioner of theGilbert and Ellice Islands colony in 1926.Specialist in the myths and oral traditions of
Kiribati people, he learned theGilbertese language.He wrote "A Pattern of Islands" (London, John Murray 1952, published in US as "We chose the Islands") and "Return to the Islands" (1957) which were best-sellers.
The best book on his scientific work on the Gilbertese Culture has been published by
Henry Evans Maude , "Tungaru Traditions: writings on the atoll culture of the Gilbert Islands",University of Hawaii Press,Honolulu , 1989, ISBN 0-8248-1217-4
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