Arthur Capell
| Revd. Dr Arthur Capell MA PhD | |||||||||
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| Born | 1902 | ||||||||
| Residence |
18 New Road, Linslade, Bucks [1935] c/o Mr F. Midson, Gloucester Road, Epping, New South Wales, Australia [1937] c/o Dept. of Anthropology, The University, Sydney [census] | ||||||||
| Occupation |
church linguist | ||||||||
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b. 28 March 1902
Arthur Capell (28 March 1902 – 1986) was an Australian linguist, who made major contributions to the study of Australian languages, Austronesian languages and Papuan languages.
Capell graduated from the University of Sydney in 1922 as the University medallist in Classics. After teaching high school for three years, he was ordained in 1925 as a clergyman in the Church of England (now the Anglican Church of Australia). He ministered in churches in the Diocese of Newcastle, New South Wales for 10 years, while continuing his studies in linguistics. Having graduated with an honours M.A. in Classics from Sydney in 1931, he left Australia in 1935 and commenced doctoral studies at the University of London. He graduated in 1936 with a Ph.D. from the School of Oriental and African Studies. His thesis, The linguistic position of south-eastern Papua, was published in 1943.
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External Publications
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Capell, Arthur (1954). A linguistic survey of the south-west Pacific. Nouméa, New Caledonia: South Pacific Commission. OCLC 4048027.
Capell, Arthur (1962). A linguistic survey of the south-west Pacific (New and Revised ed.). Nouméa, New Caledonia: South Pacific Commission. OCLC 2584664.
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