| 词条 | George Hill (agronomist) |
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| name = George Hill | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|RD|VRD|JP|size=100%}} | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|06|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Wallsend, Northumberland, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|07|17|1938|06|16|df=y}} | death_place = Christchurch, New Zealand | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = Agronomy | workplaces = Lincoln University | patrons = | alma_mater = University of Western Australia | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = | spouse = | children = }} George Darvel Hill {{post-nominals|country=NZL|RD|VRD|JP|size=85%}} (16 June 1938 – 17 July 2017) was a New Zealand agronomist, naval reservist, justice of the peace and unionist. Early life and educationBorn in Wallsend, Northumberland, England, on 16 June 1938, Hill was the son of a master mariner.[1] He was educated at Christ Church Grammar School in Perth, Western Australia, from 1949 to 1956,[1] and later completed a Master of Science in agriculture in at the University of Western Australia in 1969.[2] The title of his master's thesis was Effect of environment on the growth of Leucaena leucocephala.[2] Academic careerHill spent four years from 1965 as an agricultural researcher at Bubia, near Lae, in Papua New Guinea. He was appointed to an academic position at Lincoln University, near Christchurch, New Zealand, in October 1972.[1][3] He rose to become an associate professor, and served as head of the Agronomy Department at Lincoln from 1994.[1] After 40 years as a teaching and research agronomist with a particular interest in the agronomy of lupins, Hill retired in 2012.[3] Hill served a committee member of the Association of University Staff (AUS) and later the Tertiary Education Union for 28 years,[3] rising to national president and earning a meritorious service award.[4] He was also a long-serving member of the council of the Agronomy Society of New Zealand,[5] and was appointed a justice of the peace in 1984.[1] Naval serviceFollowing his secondary education, Hill joined the Royal Australian Naval Reserve in November 1956.[1] He was active in the naval reserves in Australia and New Zealand for more than 30 years, becoming the first reservist raised to the rank of captain in 25 years.[1][3] In 1975 he was appointed honorary aide-de-camp to the New Zealand governor-general, Sir Denis Blundell.[1] DeathHill died in Christchurch on 17 July 2017.[6] Selected works
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite web | url=http://www.navy.mil.nz/np/naval-reserve/op/captain-george-hill-rd-vrd-rnznvr.htm | title=Captain G.D (George) Hill, RD, VRD, RNZNVR |publisher=Royal New Zealand Navy |date= | accessdate=10 October 2016}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, George}}{{NewZealand-academic-bio-stub}}2. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://onesearch.library.uwa.edu.au/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma9953604402101&context=L&vid=61UWA_INST:UWA&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&tab=Everything&lang=en |title=Effect of environment on the growth of Leucaena leucocephala |year=1969 |website= |publisher=University of Western Australia |accessdate=22 July 2017}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://livingheritage.lincoln.ac.nz/nodes/view/28 |title=Long plant science career at Lincoln University sprouted from urgent phone call |publisher=Lincoln University |date=5 December 2012 |accessdate=10 October 2016}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://teu.ac.nz/about/teu-rules-and-constitution/teu-awards/award-recipients-and-alumni/ |title=Award recipients and alumni |publisher=Tertiary Education Union |date=19 February 2016 | accessdate=10 October 2016}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.agronomysociety.org.nz/blog/407513 |title=Recognising George Hill's contribution to the Agronomy Society of New Zealand |publisher=Agronomy Society of New Zealand |date=28 February 2012 |accessdate=10 October 2016}} 6. ^{{cite news | url=http://deaths.press.co.nz/obituaries/the-press-nz/obituary.aspx?n=george-hill&pid=186135399 | title=George Hill death notice | date=20 July 2017 | work=The Press | accessdate=22 July 2017}} 12 : 1938 births|2017 deaths|People from Wallsend|English emigrants to Australia|People educated at Christ Church Grammar School|University of Western Australia alumni|English emigrants to New Zealand|Lincoln University (New Zealand) faculty|New Zealand academics|New Zealand justices of the peace|New Zealand trade unionists|Agronomists |
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