Percy Smith (ethnologist)

Stephenson Percy Smith (11 June 1840 – 19 April 1922) was a New Zealand ethnologist and surveyor. He researched and wrote about the origins of the Māori people and was one of the founders of the Polynesian Society. While his research has been criticised as flawed, it set a foundation for ethnological study in New Zealand.

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