Obituary: John Morton B.Sc., M.Sc. (Auckland), Ph.D., D.Sc. (London), FRSNZ, QSO (18 July 1923

Molluscan Research 31(2): 136-140; published 28 Jul. 2011
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Obituary:
John Morton B.Sc., M.Sc. (Auckland), Ph.D., D.Sc. (London), FRSNZ, QSO (18 July 1923–6 March 2011)

BRIAN MORTON

Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, U.K.

Email: prof_bmorton@hotmail.co.uk

One of New Zealand’s most respected scientists, a malacologist, zoologist, ecologist and conservationist, has died. John Morton was born in the small country town of Morrinsville, near Waikato, on New Zealand’s north island on 18 July 1923 and died peacefully at his home in Auckland, surrounded by his family, on Sunday 6 March 2011.

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