John Henderson (geologist)
New Zealand geologist and science administrator
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John Henderson CBE (13 May 1880 – 5 March 1959) was a New Zealand geologist and science administrator.
John Henderson | |
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| Born | 13 May 1880 Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Died | 5 March 1959 (aged 78) Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Education | University of Otago |
Biography
Born in Dunedin in 1880, Henderson was educated at Otago Boys' High School.[1] He then studied at the University of Otago, where he completed his BSc and Diploma in Mining and Certificate of Metallurgical Chemist and Assayer in 1902.[2] He graduated MA from Victoria University College in 1906,[3][4] and DSc from Otago and Victoria in 1908.[5]
He served as director of the Reefton School of Mines from 1903 to 1911, when he joined the New Zealand Geological Survey as a mining geologist. He succeeded Percy Morgan as director of the Geological Survey in 1928. Henderson retired in 1945 and was himself succeeded by Montague Ongley.[6]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1929,[7] and was award the society's Hector Medal in 1945.[8] In the 1948 New Year Honours he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, in recognition of his service as director of the New Zealand Geological Survey.[9]
Henderson died at his home in the Wellington suburb of Hataitai in 1959,[1] and his ashes were buried in Karori Cemetery.[10]
