| LC control no. | n 87846104 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hector, James, Sir, 1834-1907 |
| Variant(s) | Hector, J. (James), Sir, 1834-1907 Hector, Dr., 1834-1907 |
| See also | Incumbent: Colonial Museum (N.Z.) Incumbent: New Zealand Geological Survey Incumbent: New Zealand. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department Incumbent: New Zealand Institute (Wellington, N.Z.) |
| Other standard no. | Q675726 0000000073969008 77839526 |
| Birth date | 18340316 |
| Death date | 19071106 |
| Profession or occupation | Geologists Explorers Administrator |
| Found in | His Saskatchewan Rivers & Rocky Mountains : routes of the British North American Exploring Expedition ... 1976: map recto (facsim. of 1860 ed.: James Hector) LC data base, 8/21/87 (hdg.: Hector, James, Sir, 1834-1907; usage: Dr. Hector) Tooley's dict. of mapmakers, 1979 (Hector, Dr. J.) Dictionary of New Zealand biography WWW site, viewed on December 9, 2013 (Hector, James; Geologist, explorer, administrator; born in Edinburgh on March 16, 1834; appointed director of the Geological Survey of Otago, New Zealand, in 1861; In 1865 he was appointed director of the Geological Survey and Colonial Museum in Wellington; Hector saw [them] as a single unit; The Geological Survey was handed over to the Mines Department in 1886 and removed from Hector's control in 1892, leaving Hector as director of the Colonial Museum and manager of the New Zealand Institute; he died at Lower Hutt on November 6, 1907) |
| Not found in | Tooley's dict. of mapmakers suppl., 1985. |
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