Russell Cyril James Stone ONZM (born 7 April 1923)[1] is a New Zealand historian,[2] author and professor emeritus at the University of Auckland.
[3] Born in Mount Eden in 1923,[4] Stone was educated at Mount Albert Grammar School,[5] and graduated from Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1945, and a Master of Arts degree with first-class honours in 1949.
Stone republished these long out-of-print tales in his book: Poenamo: Romance and Reality of Antipodean Life in the Infancy of a New Colony.
[12] In the 2002 New Year Honours, Stone was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to historical research.
Sherrard Award in New Zealand local and regional history in 2004, for his book From Tamaki-Makau-rau to Auckland, published in 2001.