The Amazing World of James Hector

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James Hector was astounding. Scottish-born and trained as a surgeon, at 23 he took part in a daring British expedition to survey western Canada, and was given up for dead at a place still known - on account of his accident - as Kicking Horse Pass. Fortunately, he survived. Then head-hunted to carry out a geological survey of Otago, he arrived in New Zealand in 1861 and within a few years had founded all the country's leading scientific bodies, including the national museum (now Te Papa), the New Zealand Institute (now the Royal Society) and the Geological Survey (now GNS Science). A man of seemingly unbounded energy and interests, at various times he was also responsible for the Meteorological Department, the Colonial Observatory, the Wellington Time-ball Observatory, the Wellington Botanic Garden, and the Patent Office library. In this superb collection of essays, scientists, historians and Hector's descendants tell the fascinating and sometimes controversial story of Hector's life and work.

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Author:   Simon Nathan
Publisher:   Awa Press
Imprint:   Awa Press
Dimensions:   Width: 12.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9780958275071

ISBN 10:   0958275076
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   27 October 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available  
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Table of Contents

Contents include: Home: The Ratanui Estate/John Adam -- Early Days/Peter Hector -- Otago Survey/Tony Hocken -- Colonial Museaum/Conal McCarthy -- Geological Survey/Ian Speden -- New Zealand Institute/Francis Reid -- Wellington Botanic Garden/Winsome Shepherd and Walter Cook -- University of New Zealand/Tim Beaglehole -- Colonial Observatory/Jock Phillips -- Running the Show/Simon Nathan -- Biology/George Gibbs -- Vertebrate Fossils/Ewan Fordyce -- Family Perspective/Chris Hector.

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