Thomas Hill 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 of the Victoria University, Wellington.
Thomas Hill Easterfield c. 1926.
In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[1] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1938 Birthday Honours.[2]
References
- "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.
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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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