Eric Godley

Eric John Godley (10 May 1919 – 27 June 2010[1]) OBE,[2] FRSNZ, Hon FLS, Hon DSc (Cantuar.), AHRNZIH was a New Zealand botanist and academic biographer. He is best known for his long-running series of in the popular magazine New Zealand Gardener and his "Biographical notes" series that ran in the New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter and which is the prime resource on the lives of many New Zealand botanists.

Eric John Godley
Born(1919-04-10)10 April 1919
Devonport
Died27 May 2010(2010-05-27) (aged 91)
AwardsOBE,
Scientific career
Fieldsbotany, biography

Born in the Auckland suburb of Devonport to parents Rupert and Louise E. Godley, Godley grew up in Auckland and did his BSc at MSc at Auckland University College, followed by service in World War II and a PhD at Cambridge in cytology and genetics under Ronald Fisher. He returned to lecture at Auckland before moving to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research at Lincoln, rising to Director of the Botany Division 1958–1981. His work included three trips to the New Zealand subantarctic islands on three occasions, including the Antipodes Islands, the Auckland Islands and Campbell Island. These islands and the geographically separated flora and fauna are botanically important as studies in dispersion and evolution of plants and animals.

Awards and honours
  • 1974 – Leonard Cockayne Memorial Lecture of the Royal Society of New Zealand[3]
  • 1986 – Hutton Medal of the Royal Society of New Zealand[4]
  • 1990 – OBE For services to botany

References
  1. "NZ loses giants of science, business, public service,..." stuff.co.nz. 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011. 27: Dr Eric Godley, OBE, 91. Botanist of international standing; director Botany Division, DSIR 1958–81
  2. "Auckland War Memorial Museum – Godley-Eric-John-World-War-II,-1939-1945". muse.aucklandmuseum.com. 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011. OBE 1990. For services to Botany
  3. "Recipients " Cockayne Lecture " Medals & Awards " Funds, Medals & Competitions " Royal Society of New Zealand". royalsociety.org.nz. 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  4. "Recipients " Hutton Medal " Medals & Awards " Funds, Medals & Competitions " Royal Society of New Zealand". royalsociety.org.nz. 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011. 1986 Eric John Godley

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