Jock Phillips
John Oliver Crompton Phillips (born 1947) is a New Zealand historian, author and encyclopedist. He was the general editor of "", the official encyclopedia of New Zealand. Career. Born and raised in Christchurch, Phillips dgraduated with a BA at Victoria University of Wellington, followed by a MA and PhD at Harvard in 1978. Returning to Wellington was a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Reader in History at Victoria. He was founding director of the Stout Research Centre (established by the will of the grandson of Robert Stout). Moving to the Department of Internal Affairs in 1989, Phillips was Chief Historian  (1989–1997 and 2000–2002) and General Manager, Heritage (Acting) (1997–2000). He was Conceptual Leader (history) for Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 1994–1998, in the lead-up to its radical transformation, accompanying its move to new waterfront premises. From 2002 to 2011, Phillips was general editor of , (New Zealand's online encyclopedia) and then its managing editor of content from 2011 to 2014. Phillips was mentioned in cables released by WikiLeaks as an expert on New Zealanders' attitude to war: and