E. E. V. Collocott

Ernest Edgar Vyvyan Collocott (7 ga Yuni 1886 - 9 ga Oktoba 1970) wani mai wa'azin addinin Methodist ne na Australiya, masanin ilimin ƙabilanci kuma mai fafutukar zaman lafiya. An san shi da ayyukansa na ilimin ƙabilanci a Tonga, inda ya yi aiki a matsayin mai wa'azi tsakanin 1911 da 1924.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Collocott a ranar 7 ga Yuni, 1886 a Northcote, Victoria. Shi ɗan Alice Jane (ɗan Bickford) ne da Alfred John Collocott, wani mai wa'azin Methodist a Fiji. Babban ɗan'uwansa shine Harold Collocott. 

Collocott ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Geelong inda ya yi karatunsa a shekarar 1902. Ya ci gaba da karatu a Jami'ar Melbourne, inda ya kammala karatun digiri na farko a fannin Fasaha a shekarar 1907 da kuma digiri na biyu a fannin Fasaha a shekarar 1909 da lambar yabo a fannin ilimin falsafa na gargajiya. Daga baya ya kammala karatun digiri na farko a fannin Allahntaka ta hanyar wasiku ta Jami'ar London a shekarar 1916 kuma Melbourne ta ba shi digiri na uku a fannin Wasiku a shekarar 1928.[1]

 Tonga 
Bayan wani lokaci yana malamin makaranta, Collocott ya shiga hidimar Methodist kuma aka tura shi Tonga a shekarar 1911. Da farko an tura shi zuwa tsibirin Haʻapai kafin ya zama shugaban Kwalejin Tupou a shekarar 1915. Ya kula da ƙaura da kwalejin daga Nukuʻalofa zuwa Nafualu a shekarar 1921, ya koma Ostiraliya a shekarar 1924 saboda rashin lafiyar iyalinsa.

Collocott ya nuna sha'awarsa sosai ga tarihi da al'adun mutanen Tonga. Ya rubuta game da tatsuniyoyi, tatsuniyoyi, harsuna, al'adu da ilmin taurari na Tonga. Ya kuma taimaka wa masana ilimin ɗan adam na Amurka Edward Winslow Gifford da William C. McKern da ayyukansu a Tonga tare da haɗin gwiwar Gidan Tarihi na Bishop. Collocott shi ne mutum na farko da ya fara bayyana zuwan Daular Tuʻi Tonga zuwa 950 AD, ta amfani da tarihin tarihi na zamanin da. Bayan ya koma Ostiraliya, ya buga Koe Ta'u'e Teau (1926) da Tatsuniyoyi da Waƙoƙi na Tonga (1928), da kuma yin wa'azi kan al'adun Tonga da kuma fara tarihin Turanci na Tonga. Tare da Tatsuniyoyi da Tatsuniyoyi na Tonga na Gifford (1924), an bayyana Tatsuniyoyi da Waƙoƙi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan tarin tatsuniyoyi guda biyu na Tonga.

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Haifaffun 1886
Rukuni:Mutuwan 1970