Bernard Aston

Bernard Cracroft Aston CBE (9 August 1871 – 31 May 1951) was New Zealand's first official agricultural chemist and was also a notable botanist.[1] He was born in Beckenham, Kent, England, on 9 August 1871. He was a member of the 1907 Sub-Antarctic Islands Scientific Expedition.[2] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1949 New Year Honours for services to agriculture and botany.[3]

Aston in 1907

References
  1. Grimmett, R. E. R. (1949). "Bernard Cracroft Ashton: First New Zealand Official Agricultural Chemist" (PDF). New Zealand Journal of Animal Science and Production. 1949: 10–23.
  2. Bailey, R. W. "Bernard Cracroft Aston". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  3. "No. 38494". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1948. p. 34.



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