Sir James Hector KCMG FRS FRSE(16 March 1834 – 6 November 1907) was a Scottish geologist, naturalist, and surgeon who accompanied the Palliser Expedition as a surgeon and geologist. He went on to have a lengthy career as a government employed man of science in New Zealand, and during this period he dominated the Colony's scientific institutions in a way that no single man has since.
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16 March 1834 Edinburgh, Scotland
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6 November 1907 (aged 73) Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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