Elizabeth Cox (historian)
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- Architectural history
- women's history
Elizabeth Cox | |
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 Cox in 2025 | |
| Born | Elizabeth Cox |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Historian |
| Sub-discipline |
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| Institutions | Bay Heritage Consultants |
| Website | https://bayheritage.co.nz/ |
Elizabeth Cox is a New Zealand historian who specialises in architectural and women's history. She is a heritage consultant and was a senior historian at the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
Cox studied New Zealand history at Victoria University of Wellington, completing an MA.[1]
Career
Cox has previously worked at the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, at the National Trust in the UK, and as a historian for the Waitangi Tribunal.[1] She was also a senior historian at the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, and runs a consultancy business exploring the history of New Zealand's heritage buildings.[2][3] Her book A Friend Indeed: The Saving of Old St Paul's, about the battle to save Old St Paul's Church in Wellington, was published in 2018.[3]
Cox was the editor of the 2022 publication Making Space: a history of New Zealand women in architecture, which contained contributions from 30 women architects, architectural historians and academics. The publication is considered to be a valuable contribution to the recording and honouring of women practicing architecture in New Zealand.[4] In 2023, she received a New Zealand Institute of Architects President's Award.[5] In 2025 she published Mr Ward's Map: Victorian Wellington Street by Street, a history of Wellington in the 1890s.[6][7]
Cox is also a trustee of the Futuna Chapel in Wellington.[1][2]
