Sir James Hector

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Sir James Hector

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This photograph shows James Hector (1834-1907) - geologist, explorer and science administrator - aged about thirty-four. It was taken around the time he was appointed director of both the Geological Survey and the Colonial Museum (Te Papa's predecessors). James HectorHector was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1856 he graduated in medicine from the University of Edinburgh, where he also studied botany, zoology and geology. For three years he worked as a surgeon and geologist on an expedition o...

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Image

Date created

1868-1874

Creator

James Wrigglesworth

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/560377

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Scientists / museologists / collectors / geologists / Sir James Hector / silver / albumen / printing-out paper / mounting board / cartes-de-visite / albumen prints / studio portraits / group portraits / albumen process / printing-out / Wellington

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