Wellman Harold

Harold William Wellman 1909 - 1999

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 South Island alpine fault, its 480 km offset and dating its commencement.

Wellman was influential in the early research of Bruce McFadgen.

His theodolite is in the collection of Te Papa - here.

Wellman has an entry in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography - here.

Wellman's biography is S Nathan 2005, Harold Wellman: a man who moved New Zealand. Victoria University Press, Wellington, N.Z.

Bibliography

1962a. Maori occupation layers at D'Urville Island, N.Z. NZ Journal of Geology and Geophysics 5:55-73.

1962b. Holocene of the North Island of N.Z.: a coastal reconnaissance. Transactions of the Royal Society of N Z, Geology 1:29-99.

- and A. T. Wilson 1964. Notes on the Geology and Archaeology of the Martins Bay District New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 7(4):702-721.