Teuira Henry, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Teuira Henry

Tahitian scholar, ethnologist, folklorist, linguist, historian and educator

Date of Birth: 27-Jan-1847

Place of Birth: Tahiti, French Polynesia, France

Date of Death: 23-Jan-1915

Profession: writer, teacher, ethnologist, linguist

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Teuira Henry (24/27 January 1847 – 23 January 1915) was a Tahitian scholar, ethnologist, folklorist, linguist, historian and educator.
She worked to reconstruct a lost manuscript on the history of Tahiti written by her grandfather, English missionary John Muggridge Orsmond, by using his original notes.
Most of her writings were published posthumously by the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum as the book Ancient Tahiti.