Hugh Bibby

Hugh Mannering Bibby (born 1943) is a New Zealand geophysicist. He holds the position of emeritus geophysicist at the New Zealand research institute GNS Science.

Life and career Bibby was born in Wellington on 14 November 1943, the son of Ina Mary Bibby (née Coulter) and James Bruce Bibby, later appointed director of dental hygiene in the Department of Health. He studied at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1966. The same year, he was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship, and he undertook postgraduate study at Manchester University, where he graduated with a PhD in applied mathematics in 1970.

Bibby worked at the Geophysics Division of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. In 2002 he was awarded the Shorland Medal in recognition of "his work in understanding geothermal fields". He has twice received the New Zealand Geophysics Prize: in 1978 for his mathematical geodetic theory, and in 1999, together with Grant Caldwell, for innovations in electrical prospecting theory. Bibby was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1998.