Reminiscing on a mentor from 40 years ago...
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Jules: He interviewed me for my first academic job. He mentored me in
research, suggested what I should do in the way of bridging courses, who I
should approach as supervisors. I got where I went in no small part by his
guidance.
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Adèle: I remember him well. And it seems he’s not finished yet. Still writing
in his mid-90s, after 30 historical accounts, novels, articles, book chapters and
radio dramas.
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Jules: He encouraged me. He gave me a place to work and study
undistractedly in a quiet university town. Through him I appreciated Palmerston
North as an academic and artistic feeding ground before my own migration.
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Adèle: Research as the measure of a life. Multiple awards and honours. It was un honneur to have known him.
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| Massey News 2008: JD |
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Voice-over
John Dunmore, professor at Massey University 1966 to 1985, also publisher,
writer, playwright. After downloading his book on Dumont d’Urville, From Venus to Antarctica, Jules sets off on a google journey following the digital trail of this explorer of
French navigators such as Jean-François-Marie de Surville and Louis-Antoine de
Bougainville.
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