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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005763b.htm person Capell Arthur FAHA AACR2 28 March 1902 10 August 1986 Place of Birth Newtown, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Gordon, New South Wales, Australia Linguist Anthropologist Minister of religion Arthur Capell was a linguist who made significant contributions to the study of languages of the indigenous people of Australia and Pacific Ocean islands. While serving as an Anglican priest in several parishes in New South Wales, he formulated his own theories on the relationships between regional languages. On returning to Sydney in 1938 after completing his PhD studies, he investigated languages in the Kimberley region and Arnhem Land, the latter interrupted by his work on A new Fijian dictionary (1941). Other pioneering linguistic studies of Papua, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Fiji, the New Hebrides and Timor culminated in A linguistic survey of the South Western Pacific (1954). Capell's other publications included contributions to social anthropology, works on Austronesian languages (including grammars), and a major reworking of his theories on the structure and development of Australian Aboriginal languages in three extensive papers published in Australian Linguistic Studies (1979). 1922 1922 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Sydney 1922 1922 Education - Dip Mod Lang, Sydney Teachers' College 1926 1926 Career position - Ordained a priest in the Church of England 1931 1931 Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Sydney 1938 1938 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of London 1944 1947 Career position - Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of Sydney 1945 1985 Career position - Assistant editor, Oceania 1948 1950 Career position - President, Anthropological Society of New South Wales 1948 1967 Career position - Reader in Oceanic languages, Department of Anthropology, University of Sydney 1950 1959 Career position - Vice-President, Anthropological Society of New South Wales 1964 1968 Career position - Foundation member, Council, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies 1977 1983 Career position - Member, Editorial Board, La Monda Lingvo-Problemo 1977 1986 Award - Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia 1979 1986 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA) 1981 1981 Award - DLitt, University of Sydney Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (1964 - 1990)

Foundation Council Member 1966 - 1968

 The University of Sydney (1850 - )

Reader in Oceanic Languages, Department of Anthropology 1948 - 1967

 Australian Academy of the Humanities (1969 - )

Fellow 1979 - 1986

 Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (1971 - )

Fellow 1977 - 1986

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 Capell, A (19020328-19860810)

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 'Capell, Arthur', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Capell, Arthur Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Fellows of the Academy Australian Academy of the Humanities Fellows of the Academy Australian Academy of the Humanities Journal Article: Arthur Capell Walsh, Michael Arthur Capell 1987 Australian Aboriginal Studies 1987 1 98-9 Book Section: Capell, Arthur (1902-1986), anthropologist Newton, Peter J. F. Capell, Arthur (1902-1986), anthropologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2007 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K Diane Langmore 189-190 Journal Article: Obituary: Arthur Capell (1902-1986) Lynch, John Obituary: Arthur Capell (1902-1986) 1987 Language and Linguistics in Melanesia 15 1-4