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Author
McCraw, John
Title
Obituary - Bill Ward (1928-2011)
In
New Zealand Soil News
Imprint
vol. 60, no. 1, February 2012, p. 14
Url
https://doi.org/10.7931/dl30-2012-vol60-1-ocr
Abstract

Bill was a good field man. An astutue observer with a sharp eye for detail and a commitment to accuracy, his soil mapping has stood the test of time. He enjoyed robust discussion but was always ready to concede a point if adequate evidence were produced. But above all he was a disciple of Norman Taylor's dictum of "get the story behind the soils - find out why one soil is different from another." Even in his ealy years his interest was in the association of soils and landforms - concepts that were to blossom in Australia. His departure was a loss that earth sciences in this country could ill afford.

[Source: John McCraw, Emeritas Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waikato.

John Davidson McCraw MBE, CRSNZ (13 March 1925 - 14 December 2014) was a New Zealand pedologist, academic, and local historian, particularly of the Central Otago area. The McCraw Glacier in Antarctica is named for him.]

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