Arthur Grimble

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Sir Arthur Francis Grimble (born Hong Kong, 11 June 1888 - London, 13 December 1956.) was a British Civil Servant and writer.

After joining the Colonial Office, he became a cadet administrative officer in the Gilberts (1914) and after, Resident Commissionner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony in 1926.

Specialist of the myths and oral traditions of kiribati people, he learned the Gilbertese language.

He wrote A Pattern of Islands (London, John Murray 1952, published in US We chose the Islands) and Return to the Islands (1957), that were best-sellers.

The best book on his scientific work on the Gilbertese Culture has been published by Henry Evans Maude, Tungaru Traditions: writings on the atoll culture of the Gilbert Islands, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1989, ISBN 0-8248-1217-4