Edmund Bohan Explained

Edmund Bohan
Birth Date:	5 October 1935
Birth Place:	Christchurch, New Zealand
Death Date:	23 March 2024
Death Place:	Christchurch, New Zealand
Language:	English

Edmund Bohan, also known as Ned Bohan (5 October 1935 – 23 March 2024), was a New Zealand historian, biographer, novelist, singer, and author.^[1]

In the 2019 New Year Honours, Bohan was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to music, historical research and literature.^{[2] [3]}

He died at Christchurch's Nurse Maude Hospice on 23 March 2024.^[4]

Published works

• To Be a Hero: a biography of Sir George Grey (HarperCollins 1998).
• Singing Historian: A Memoir (Canterbury University Press, 2012).
• Edward Stafford: New Zealand's First Statesman (Hazard Press, 1994).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bohan, Edmund . 14 September 2019 . ReadNZ.
2. Web site: New Year honours list 2019 . 14 September 2019 . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 14 September 2019.
3. Web site: Opera singer and historian Edmund Bohan recognised with Honour . 14 September 2019. Radio New Zealand.
4. News: Edmund Bohan Obituary . . 10 July 2024.