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{{Infobox person
| name = Alfred Hyde Cockayne CBE ISO
| image = Alfred_Hyde_Cockayne.jpg
| caption = Alfred Cockayne, 1936
| birth_date = 23 May 1880
| birth_place = Oamaru or Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
| death_date = 21 October 1966
| death_place = Waikanae, New Zealand
}}

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Alfred Hyde Cockayne CBE ISO
Alfred Cockayne, 1936
Born23 May 1880
Oamaru or Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Died21 October 1966
Waikanae, New Zealand

Members of the New Zealand Research Council with Cockayne standing second from the right, 1936

Alfred Hyde Cockayne CBE ISO (23 May 1880 – 21 October 1966) was a New Zealand botanist, agricultural scientist and administrator. He was born in Dunedin, or Oamaru, New Zealand, on 23 May 1880. He was the son of another noted botanist Leonard Cockayne.[1]

Honours

  • Imperial Service Order (ISO) - 1937[2]
  • Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) (Civil Division) - 1957: For services to agriculture[3]

References

  1. ^ Nightingale, Tony. "Alfred Hyde Cockayne". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Imperial Service Order". Supplement to The London Gazette: 3100. 11 May 1937.
  3. ^ "Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood". Third supplement to The London Gazette: 3412. 4 June 1957.