Blaiklock, Edward Musgrave

1903-1983. He was born in Birmingham, England. The family

migrated to Auckland, New Zealand, in 1909. He became a

committed Christian through the preaching of Rev. Joseph Kemp at

the Auckland Baptist Tabernacle in 1921. Blaiklock became a

lecturer and later Professor in Greek and Latin in what is now the

University of Auckland. A gifted wordsmith, he was official orator of

the university, a widely used lay-preacher and wrote a weekly

newspaper column for over forty years. Strongly conservative in

theology, he wrote numerous books on the New Testament as well

as on other subjects. He served on the College Board and was

President of the Baptist Union in 1970-1971. Ref.: DNZB; NNZ,

p.46.