Sunday, December 27, 2009

James William Brodie

James William Brodie

James William Brodie, OBE (October 7, 1920 April 11, 2009) was a New Zealand geologist, oceanographer and amateur historian and philatelist. Inspired to become a geologist after witnessing the Napier earthquake first-hand while at Napier Boys' High School he joined the Lands and Survey Department in 1937, moving to the DSIR in 1945. In 1949 he got his MSc in Geology from Victoria University College. He was a founding staff member of the Oceanographic Institute in 1954 and led it 1958-1977.



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