James William Brodie

James William Brodie, OBE (7 October 1920 – 11 April 2009), was a New Zealand geologist, oceanographer and amateur historian and philatelist.

Biography

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 received his MSc in Geology from Victoria University College.[1] He was a founding staff member of the Oceanographic Institute in 1954 and led it from 1958 until 1977.

After retirement he was on the board of trustees of the National Art Gallery and National Museum and served on the project that transformed them into Te Papa. He also contributed several biographies to the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography and was a mainstay of the Karori Historical Society.[2]

In the 1984 New Year Honours, Brodie was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to oceanography.[3]

Books

General

Philatelic

References

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