Thomas Easterfield
Sir Thomas Hill Easterfield KBE (4 March 1866 – 1 March 1949) was a New Zealand chemist and university professor. He was born in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, on 4 March 1866.
Easterfield was one of the four founding professors at Victoria University College in Wellington and director of the Cawthron Institute in Nelson from 1919 to 1933.[1]
His wife, Anna Maria Kunigunda Easterfield, was from Bavaria and their daughter Dr Helen Deem, was known for her work in child health and welfare.[1]
In 1935, Easterfield was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[2] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1938 King's Birthday Honours.[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Bryder, Linda. (2003). A voice for mothers : the Plunket Society and infant welfare, 1907-2000. Royal New Zealand Plunket Society. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland University Press. p. 111. ISBN 1-4237-1969-7. OCLC 61335146.
- ^ "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ "No. 34518". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 June 1938. p. 3701.
Further reading[]
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- Davis, Brian R. "Thomas Hill Easterfield". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- Marsden, E. (1952). "Obituary notices: Thomas Hill Easterfield, 1866–1949". Journal of the Chemical Society: 1557–1560. doi:10.1039/JR9520001557. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- Askew, H. O. (1950). "OBITUARY Thomas Hill Easterfield (1866–1949)". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 78: 381–383. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- Miller, David (30 April 1949). "Sir Thomas Hill Easterfield, K.B.E". Nature. 163 (4148): 669. Bibcode:1949Natur.163..669M. doi:10.1038/163669a0.
- Barrowman, Rachel (1999). Victoria University of Wellington 1899 ~ 1999 A History. Wellington: Victoria University Press. pp. 15–17.
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