Alfred Cockayne
New Zealand botanist, agricultural scientist and administrator (1880–1966)
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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]
Died21 October 1966 (aged 86)
Waikanae, New Zealand
RelativesLeonard Cockayne (father)
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]
