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Tom Prebble

1945 – 2021

New Zealand educationalist

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Lived 1945 – 2021 (aged 75). Tom Prebble was a New Zealand.

Thomas Kenneth Prebble (November 1945 – 17 January 2021) was a New Zealand educationalist and university administrator.

Biography Born in Sussex, England, on 29 November 1945, Prebble was the son of Anglo-Catholic Anglican clergyman Kenneth Ralph Prebble and Mary Prebble (née Hoad). He moved to New Zealand in 1948 with his parents, older brother John, and younger brother Richard, when his father became vicar of Northcote parish in Auckland. John Prebble became a Queen's Counsel and professor of law at Victoria University of Wellington, Richard Prebble became a politician, and their younger brother, Mark Prebble, became the senior public servant of New Zealand. In 1986, he became the director of extramural studies at Massey, and in 1999 he was appointed the university's inaugural principal extramural and international. In 2002, he stood down from his administrative roles at Massey and was appointed to the Department of Social and Policy Studies in Education, retiring in 2004.

Prebble was involved in establishing Massey's postgraduate programme in educational administration, the first in New Zealand. He died in Palmerston North on 17 January 2021, aged 75.

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Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
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Who was Tom Prebble?

New Zealand educationalist

When was Tom Prebble born?

Tom Prebble was born on 29 November 1945.

When did Tom Prebble die?

Tom Prebble died on 17 January 2021 in Palmerston North.

What nationality was Tom Prebble?

Tom Prebble was New Zealand.

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