James Hight

{{Short description|New Zealand historian (1870–1958)}}

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Sir James Hight {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KBE|CMG|size=85%}} (3 November 1870 – 17 May 1958) was a New Zealand university professor, educational administrator and historian. He was born in Halswell in Christchurch, New Zealand on 3 November 1870.{{DNZB|Phillips|N. C.|3h23|James Hight|10 December 2011}} He died on 17 May 1958 and is buried at Linwood Cemetery.{{cite web |title=Result Detail |url= http://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/interment.asp?id=118775 |publisher=Christchurch City Libraries |accessdate=25 August 2014}}

Hight was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1932 King's Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette |issue=33831 |date=3 June 1932 |page=3569 |supp=y}} In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.{{cite news | url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19350506.2.12 | title=Official jubilee medals | date=6 May 1935 | volume=CXIX | issue=105 | work=Evening Post | accessdate=8 March 2015 | page=4}} In the 1947 New Year Honours he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to education.{{London Gazette |issue= 37836 |date=1 January 1947 |page=32 |supp=y |nolink=yes}}

The central library building at the University of Canterbury is named for him.