George Darvel Hill

George Darvel Hill (16 June 1938 – 17 July 2017) was a New Zealand agronomist, naval reservist, and a justice of the peace and unionist.

Early life and education Born in Wallsend, Northumberland, England on 16 June 1938, Hill was the son of a master mariner. He was educated at Christ Church Grammar School in Perth, Western Australia, from 1949 to 1956, The title of his master's thesis was Effect of environment on the growth of Leucaena leucocephala. He rose to become an associate professor, and served as head of the Agronomy Department at Lincoln from 1994. He was also a long-serving member of the council of the Agronomy Society of New Zealand, and was appointed a justice of the peace in 1984.

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