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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1999-11-05 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-12-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002406b.htm person Hutton Frederick Wollaston FRS AACR2 16 November 1836 27 October 1905 Place of Birth Gate Burton, Lincolnshire, England Place of Death At sea Zoologist Geologist Ornithologist Frederick Hutton was Professor of Biology, Canterbury College, Christchurch from 1880. He made major contributions to both geology and zoology.

Born Lincolnshire, 1836. Died at sea, 27 October 1905. Educated King's College, London. Commissioned, 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1855-66, saw active service in the Crimea and the Indian Mutiny; arrived New Zealand 1866; Geological Survey of New Zealand 1866-71; Assistant Geologist, Wellington 1871-73; Provincial Geologist of Otago 1874-76; Professor of Natural Science, Otago University, with charge of the Otago Museum 1876-80; Professor of Biology, Canterbury College, Christchurch from 1880. Published Index Faunae Nova-Zealandiae (1904), a complete list, with references, of all animals hitherto recorded from New Zealand, Darwinism and Lamarckism, The Lesson of Evolution and a popular work with James Drummond, Animals of New Zealand. Fellow, Royal Society; President, Australasian Ornithologists Union 1903-05.

1860 1905 Award - Fellow, Geological Society of London 1866 1866 Career event - Joined the Geological Survey of New Zealand 1866 1866 Life event - Migrated to New Zealand 1873 1876 Career event - Provincial Geologist, Otago, New Zealand 1880 1880 Career event - Appointed Professor of Biology, Canterbury College, New Zealand 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1891 1891 Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales 1892 1892 Award - Fellow, Royal Society, London 1900 1902 Career position - President, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1903 1905 Career position - President, Australasian Ornithologists' Union 1904 1905 Career position - President, New Zealand Institute Australasian Ornithologists' Union (1901 - 1910)

President 1903 - 1905

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

Original [founding] member 1888 - ; President 1900 - 1902

 Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales (1878 - )

Awarded the Medal 1891

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 'Hutton, Frederick Wollaston', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hutton, Frederick Wollaston Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Frederick Wollaston Hutton, 1836-1905 Mason, Alan Frederick Wollaston Hutton, 1836-1905 Oxford Oxford University Press 2004 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Book: Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species Hutton, Frederick Wollaston Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species Wellington, N.Z. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department 1873 Journal Article: On the rocks of the Hauraki Gold-fields Hutton, F. W. On the rocks of the Hauraki Gold-fields Sydney Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1889 Report of the first meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1 245-274 Book: Fishes of New Zealand, catalogue with diagnoses of the species Hutton, Frederick Wollaston Fishes of New Zealand, catalogue with diagnoses of the species Wellington, N.Z. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department 1872 Journal Article: Theoretical explanations of of distribution of southern faunas Hutton, Frederick Wollaston Theoretical explanations of of distribution of southern faunas 1896 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21 36-47 Book: Index faunae novae zealandiae Hutton, F. W. Index faunae novae zealandiae London Dulau & Co. 1904 Book: Darwinism and Lamarckism, old and new: four lectures Hutton, Frederick Wollaston Darwinism and Lamarckism, old and new: four lectures New York and London G. P. Putnam's Sons 1899 Book: Catalogue of the birds of New Zealand with diagnoses of the species Hutton, Frederick Wollaston Catalogue of the birds of New Zealand with diagnoses of the species Wellington, N.Z. Geological Survey of New Zealand 1871 Resource Section: Hutton, Frederick Wollaston Parton, H. N. Hutton, Frederick Wollaston Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1993 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Journal Article: Biographical notices. II - Frederick Wollaston Hutton Anon Biographical notices. II - Frederick Wollaston Hutton 1885 New Zealand journal of science 2 7 301-6 Journal Article: Natural history trading with Tūhura Otago Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand, c1860 - 1890s Crane, Rosi Natural history trading with Tūhura Otago Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand, c1860 - 1890s 2025 New Zealand Journal of History 59 1 79-97 Book: Transcriptions of Selected Letters From Frederick Wollaston Hutton to James Hector and Julius Haast Mildenhall, E.; Burns, Rowan; and Nathan, Simon Transcriptions of Selected Letters From Frederick Wollaston Hutton to James Hector and Julius Haast Lower Hutt (N.Z) Geoscience Society of New Zealand 2012 Journal Article: Rivalry and cooperation: Julius von Haast's influence on the Otago Museum Crane, Rosi Rivalry and cooperation: Julius von Haast's influence on the Otago Museum 2023 Canterbury Museum bulletin 11 47-60 Journal Article: What were they thinking? Tracing evolution in the Otago Museum, 1868 - 1936 Crane, Rosi What were they thinking? Tracing evolution in the Otago Museum, 1868 - 1936 2020 Museum history journal 13 1 61-79 Journal Article: Colonial ornithology in New Zealand - the legacy of the New Zealand Institute Miskelly, C. M. Colonial ornithology in New Zealand - the legacy of the New Zealand Institute 2017 Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 47 3 244-53 Book: The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 Robin, Libby The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2001