Leon MacIntosh Ellis
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Leon MacIntosh Ellis (17 July 1887 – 25 November 1941) was a New Zealand forestry administrator and consultant. He was born in Meaford, Ontario, Canada on 17 July 1887.[1]
Ellis oversaw the creation of the New Zealand Forestry Service and the employment of specialists to assist the Service in its aims.[1] One of the specialists hired by the New Zealand Forestry Service was Mary Sutherland a notable New Zealand forester and botanist.[2]