| Authorised form of name | Hutton; Frederick Wollaston (1836 - 1905); geologist; zoologist |
| Dates | 1836 - 1905 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Gate Burton, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Date of birth | 16 November 1836 |
| Place of death | At sea, near Cape Town, South Africa, Africa |
| Date of death | 27/10/1905 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
At sea, near Cape Town, South Africa, Africa |
| Occupation | Geologist and zoologist |
| Research field | Evolution |
| Petrology |
| Palaeontology |
| Geology |
| Biology |
| Activity | Education:
Revd L. Fletcher's Grammar School in Southwell, Nottinghamshire; The Royal Navy Academy, Gosport; King's College, London
Career:
joined the Royal Welch Fusiliers, serving in the Crimea, India during the mutiny, Malta, England, and Ireland; Captain, Royal Engineers; studied geology and worked with the geological survey in southern England, Sandhurst (1860-1861); retired from the army with the rank of captain (1865); emigrated to Auckland, New Zealand (1866); assistant geologist in the New Zealand geological survey (1871); provincial geologist of Otago and at the same time was appointed curator of the provincial museum and lecturer in geology at the university (1873); Professor of Geology, Canterbury College, Christchurch, New Zealand (1877-1892); then curator of the museum (1892-1905).
Memberships:
FGS; CMZS; Cor du Mus d'Hist Nat Paris; Cor Mem Roy Soc Tas; Hon Mem Roy Soc NSW; Cor Aead Nat Sci Philad; Cor Ornith Ver Wien; Cor K K Geol Reichsanst Wien. |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 02/06/1892 |
| Age at election | 56 |
| Proposer | Henry Woodward |
| Robert Henry Scott |
| Alex Macalister |
| William Archer |
| Samuel Haughton |
| T Russell Jones |
| William Francis Drummond Jervois |
| Frederick M'Coy |
| Robert Lewis John Ellery |
| Ferdinand von Mueller |
| William Colenso |
| Walter Lawry Buller |
| Thomas Jeffery Parker |
| James Hector |
| Archibald Liversidge |
| George Verdon |
| Relationships | Parents: Reverend Henry Frederick Hutton and Louisa, daughter of the Revd Henry John Wollaston of Scotter, Lincolnshire.
Spouse: Annie Gouger (1844/5–1916), sixth daughter of Dr William Montgomerie, former superintendent surgeon of the Bengal medical service of the East India Company, and Elizabeth Graham.
Children: Three sons and three daughters. |
| PublishedWorks | RCN 45505
RCN 45506
RCN 45507 |
| OtherInfo | Published manuals on a large number of animal groups.
Known as the father of New Zealand zoology. |
| Image | 
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series B 1907 vol 79 pp xli-xliv
References:
Robin J H Clark and Michael J Kelly, 'New Zealand, New Zealanders and the Royal Society' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 263-281 |
| Code | NA7942 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| NLB/6/775 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Captain Frederick Wollaston Hutton, Fellow of the Royal Society | 11 July 1892 |
| NLB/6/952 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to the Manager, Bank of New Zealand, London | 23 September 1892 |
| NLB/7/614 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 22 March 1893 |
| NLB/8/644 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to A W Hutton, Librarian, National Liberal Club | 1 December 1893 |
| NLB/8/994 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 7 February 1894 |
| NLB/23/1/109 | Copy letter from R Chapman, to Captain Frederick Wollaston Hutton, Fellow of the Royal Society, Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand | 23 September 1901 |
| EC/1892/16 | Hutton, Frederick Wollaston: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/002332 | Hutton, Frederick Wollaston | 1890 |