Horace Edward Manners Fildes (5 October 1875–7 October 1937) was a New Zealand postmaster, book collector and bibliographer. He was born in Temuka, South Canterbury, New Zealand on 5 October 1875.[1][2][3]
Fildes bequeathed nearly 2,000 volumes to the Victoria University College Library, which provided the basis of the New Zealand research materials in the J.C. Beaglehole Room.[4][5]
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- ^ Coleridge, Kathleen A. "Horace Edward Manners Fildes". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "Papers of Horace Fildes". thecommunityarchive.org.nz. 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ^ "Horace Edward Manners Fildes". nzetc.org. 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ^ "Fildes, Horace Edward Manners". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ^ "J.C. Beaglehole Room: Collections and History". Victoria University of Wellington Library. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
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