Roydhouse in Te Ao Hou , No. 1, 1952, with important corrections by Ramsden in the Journal, Polynesian Society , Vol. 61, No. 3 and 4, 1952; the best factual survey of his life and a good scientific evaluation is that by Katherine Luomala in Edmonson, Report of the Director [of Bishop Museum] for 1951 , B. P. Bishop Museum Bulletin, 208, 1952. Additional material including the Roydhouse obituary may be found in "Tributes to and Speeches by Sir Peter Buck", Journal, Polynesian Society , Vol. 60, No. 4, 1951, pp. 223 -- 254. Buck's own article, "He Poroporoaki -- A Farewell Message", on the occasion of the death of Sir Apirana Ngata", Journal, Polynesian Society , Vol. 60, No. 1, 1951, pp. 22 -- 31, contains valuable information about Buck's own medical and political career. To commemorate the unveiling of the Okoki memorial, Eric Ramsden published A Memoir ... Te Rangihiroa , Wellington, Department of Maori Affairs, 1954, 38 pages. This memoir, brief as it is, is the best available account of Buck's life. Ramsden here gives his reasons for believing that the probable year of Buck's birth was 1877 (October 1877 is the birthdate given in the register entry on 22 January 1884 recording Buck's admission to Urenui primary school) rather than the year 1880 as Buck was accustomed to claim in his later years. by Ernest Beaglehole, M.A., PH.D., LITT.D., F.R.S.N.Z. (1906-65), late Professor of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington.