John Henderson | |
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Born |
Dunedin, New Zealand | 13 May 1880
Died | 5 March 1959
Hataitai,
Wellington, New Zealand | (aged 78)
Alma mater | University of Otago |
John Henderson CBE (13 May 1880 – 5 March 1959) was a New Zealand geologist and science administrator.
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]