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| Online Publication Date: 05 Nov 2007
The Contribution of New Zealand Geoscientists to the Development of Scientific Institutions
The Contribution of New Zealand Geoscientists to the Development of Scientific Institutions
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The history of geology in New Zealand illustrates the ability of pioneer earth scientists to contribute to other scientific disciplines and to the foundation and administration of institutions for the promotion of science and research, thus exemplifying the late S.E. Hollingworth's conclusion "that geologists are particularly qualified to exercise sound judgement and to develop that capacity in non-technical aspects of administration and management". This tenet is illustrated by the careers and achievements of Walter B.D. Mantell, Ferdinand Hochstetter, Julius Haast, W. Lauder Lindsay, James Hector, and Colin Fraser.
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