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Alfred Cockayne

Alfred Cockayne

New Zealand botanist, agricultural scientist and administrator (1880–1966)

Alfred Hyde Cockayne CBE ISO (23 May 1880 – 21 October 1966) was a New Zealand botanist, agricultural scientist and administrator. He was born in Dunedin, or Oamaru, New Zealand, on 23 May 1880. He was the son of another noted botanist Leonard Cockayne.[1]

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Members of the New Zealand Research Council with Cockayne standing second from the right, 1936

Honours

In the 1937 Coronation Honours, Cockayne was made a Companion of the Imperial Service Order.[2] In the 1957 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to agriculture.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Nightingale, Tony. "Alfred Hyde Cockayne". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  2. [2]
    "No. 34396". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 May 1937. p. 3100.
  3. [3]
    "No. 41091". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 13 June 1957. p. 3412.


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