▁Category : B rit ish ▁television ▁program mes ▁featuring ▁pu ppet ry ▁Category : T ele vision ▁series ▁by ▁I TV ▁Studios ▁Category : English - language ▁television ▁programs ▁Category : T ele vision ▁program mes ▁produced ▁by ▁Gran ada ▁Television <0x0A> </s> ▁Sir ▁Robert ▁Reyn olds ▁Mac int osh ▁( 1 7 ▁October ▁ 1 8 9 7 , ▁Tim aru , ▁New ▁Zealand ▁– ▁ 2 8 ▁August ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁Oxford , ▁England ) ▁was ▁a ▁New ▁Zealand - born ▁an a est het ist . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁professor ▁of ▁an a est het ics ▁outside ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Mac int osh ▁was ▁bapt ised ▁with ▁the ▁Ma ori ▁name ▁R ew i ▁Ra wh iti . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁young est ▁son ▁of ▁Charles ▁Nich ol son ▁Mac int osh , ▁newspaper ▁editor ▁and ▁mayor ▁of ▁Tim aru ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 1 , ▁and ▁his ▁wife , ▁L yd ia ▁Be atrice ▁Thompson . ▁He ▁spent ▁part ▁of ▁his ▁child hood ▁in ▁Argentina , ▁but ▁returned ▁to ▁New ▁Zealand ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁th ir teen ▁years ▁old . ▁He ▁was ▁educated ▁at ▁Wait aki ▁Boys ' ▁High ▁School , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁head ▁of ▁school ▁and ▁excel led ▁academ ically ▁and ▁athlet ically . ▁ ▁In ▁December ▁ 1 9 1 5 , ▁he ▁travel led ▁to ▁Britain ▁and ▁was ▁commission ed ▁in ▁the ▁Royal ▁Sc ots ▁F us ili ers , ▁soon ▁transfer ring ▁to ▁the ▁Royal