Norman Hargrave Taylor
New Zealand teacher, soil scientist, scientific administrator
About Norman Hargrave Taylor
Lived 1900 – 1975. Norman Hargrave Taylor was a New Zealand scientist and science administrator.
Norman Hargrave Taylor (9 June 1900 – 25 October 1975) was a New Zealand teacher, soil scientist and scientific administrator. He was born in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1900. He was the director of the Soil Bureau and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1960 Queen's Birthday Honours.
In 1968 he was awarded the Mueller Medal by the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science.
The New Zealand Society of Soil Science awards the annual Normal Taylor Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions to Soil Science (also called the Norman Taylor Memorial Lecture) in his honour.
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New Zealand teacher, soil scientist, scientific administrator (1900–1975)
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Norman Hargrave Taylor was born in 1900.
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Norman Hargrave Taylor died in 1975.
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Norman Hargrave Taylor was a scientist and science administrator.
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