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Gavan Daws | |
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| Born | 1933 Australia |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | University of Hawaii at Manoa Ph.D. University of Melbourne B.A. |
| Notable works | A Shoal of Time |
Gavan Daws is an American writer, historian and filmmaker residing in Honolulu, Hawaii. He writes aboutHawaii, thePacific, andAsia. He is a retired professor of history atUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa.[1]
Daws is originally from Australia and got his B.A. in English and History from the University of Melbourne. He has a Ph.D. in Pacific History from theUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa.
His best-known works areShoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands, in print since 1968;Holy Man: Father Damien of Molokai, the biography of a nineteenth-century missionary priest to Hawaii who served leprosy sufferers, and who has recently been canonized; andPrisoners of the Japanese: POWs of World War II in the Pacific. Daws co-produced and co-directedAngels of War: The People of Papua New Guinea and World War II, which won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Documentary. His other work includes song lyrics and a stage play with music and choreography. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Humanities in Australia, and served as the Pacific member of the UNESCO Commission on the Scientific and Cultural History of Humankind.
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