Theodore Rigg

Sir Theodore Rigg KBE (6 April 1888 – 22 October 1972) was a New Zealand agricultural chemist and scientific administrator.

Rigg in 1936

He was born in Settle, Yorkshire, England in 1888.[1] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1938 New Year Honours.[2] He died in Nelson on 22 October 1972, survived by his second wife, mycologist Kathleen Curtis, and two daughters from his first marriage.[1] His ashes were buried at Marsden Valley Cemetery.[3]

References

1. Robertson, Graeme. "Theodore Rigg". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
2. "Honours list: new year awards". New Zealand Herald. 3 January 1938. p. 8. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
3. "Cemeteries databasae". Nelson City Council. Retrieved 29 September 2014.

Further reading

• Hughes, Helen R. (2005). A Quaker scientist : the life of Theodore Rigg KBE. New Zealand Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends. Rotorua [N.Z.]: Published for New Zealand Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends by Beechtree Press. ISBN 0473107430. OCLC 68815571.