About Michael Pearson
Lived 1941 – 2023 (aged 81–82). Michael Pearson was a New Zealand historian, indologist, archaeologist and adviser.
Michael Naylor Pearson (1941 - 3 July 2023) was a historian and academic known for his studies on the Indian Ocean. He was a professor at University of New South Wales, Sydney.
Pearson was born in Morrinsville, New Zealand. He studied at University of Auckland and completed his doctoral studies from University of Michigan (1971).
Books The Indian Ocean (2003) Merchants and Rulers in Gujarat. The Response to the Portuguese in the Sixteenth Century. Berkeley: University of California Press (1976)
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Who was Michael Pearson?
New Zealand historian and academic
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Michael Pearson was born in 1941 in Morrinsville.
When did Michael Pearson die?
Michael Pearson died on 3 July 2023.
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Michael Pearson was a historian, indologist, archaeologist and adviser.
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Michael Pearson was New Zealand.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Michael Pearson. https://biography.guide/michael-pearson-historian-1941/
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