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+ | [[File:Wellman.jpeg|right|framed|Wellman's biography]]Wellman was a pioneering New Zealand Geologist with an interest in archaeology. His career started in surveying but moved to Geology. Wellman's greatest contribution was the recognition of the 480 km offset on the South Island alpine fault and dating its commencement. | ||
His theodolite is in the collection of Te Papa - [http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/theme.aspx?irn=1320 here]. | His theodolite is in the collection of Te Papa - [http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/theme.aspx?irn=1320 here]. |
Revision as of 12:26, 13 January 2013
Harold William Wellman 1909 - 1999
Wellman was a pioneering New Zealand Geologist with an interest in archaeology. His career started in surveying but moved to Geology. Wellman's greatest contribution was the recognition of the 480 km offset on the South Island alpine fault and dating its commencement.His theodolite is in the collection of Te Papa - here.
Wellman has an entry in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography - here.