James Hector
Sir James Hector (16 March 1834 – 6 November 1907) 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 man has since.
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