What is Selma Barkham?
[[File:Selma Huxley (2014).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Barkham in 2014]] '''Selma Huxley Barkham''', {{postnominals|OC|ONL|country=CAN}}, (''née'' Huxley; 8 March 1927 – 3 May 2020) was an English-Canadian historian and geographer. Her works focused on the maritime history of [[Canada]] and of the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.letstravel.ca/image/dr-selma-barkham |title=Let's Travel.ca: Selma Barkham |access-date=2020-05-05 |archive-date=2014-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202180523/http://www.letstravel.ca/image/dr-selma-barkham |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was born in [[London]]. In 1981, she was awarded the [[Order of Canada]] for her work. A whaling port she discovered in [[Red Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador|Red Bay]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] was declared a [[National Historic Site of Canada]] (1979) and a [[World Heritage Site]] by [[UNESCO]] (June 2013). She was made an Officer of the [[Order of Newfoundland and Labrador]] in 2015. Barkham died on 4 May 2020 in [[Chichester]], [[England]] at the age of 93.<ref>[https://www.argia.eus/albistea/ternua-eta-euskaldunen-arteko-harremanak-ikertu-zituen-selma-huxley-hil-da Ternua eta euskaldunen arteko harremanak ikertu zituen Selma Huxley hil da] {{in lang|eu}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/NL/ID/2393836633/ CBC News - June 25, 2013 - Selma Barkham] * [http://www.cbc.ca/nl/features/redbay/ CBC Newfoundland and Labrador - Red Bay] * [http://www.cbc.ca/labradormorning/episodes/2011/10/03/16th-century-basque-history-of-labrador---michael-barkham--part-one/ CBC Newfoundland and Labrador - 2011/10/03 - 16th Century Basque History of Labrador - Michael Barkham - 1] {{DEFAULTSORT:Barkham, Selma}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Historians from London]] [[Category:Canadian historians]] [[Category:Canadian scientists]] [[Category:Geographers]] {{bio-stub}}