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James Hector.
Scottish born New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon (1834-1907)
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About James Hector
Sir James Hector was a Scottish-New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon who accompanied the Palliser Expedition as a surgeon and geologist. He went on to have a lengthy career as a government employed man of science in New Zealand, and during this period he dominated the colony's scientific institutions in a way that no single person has since.
Everything about James Hector →- Occupation
- explorer, paleontologist, biologist, ichthyologist
- Position held
- President of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- March 16, 1834
- Died
- November 6, 1907