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Authorised form of name	Haast; Sir; Julius von (? 1824 - 1887)
Other forms of name	Sir John Francis Julius von
Other forms of name	Sir Johann Franz Julius von
Dates	? 1824 - 1887
Place of birth	Bonn, Germany
Date of birth	01 May 1822 or 01 May 1824
Place of death	Wellington, New Zealand
Date of death	15 or 16 August 1887
Research field	Geology
Research field	Mineralogy
Activity	Education: BonnPhD Career: Travelled in Europe; sailed to New Zealand (1858); appointed to explore the south west part of Nelson (1859); Surveyor General, Province of Canterbury, New Zealand (1861); Provincial Geologist; founded the Canterbury Museum (1866); died of heart disease Honours: CMG 1883; KCMG 1886 Memberships: FGS; FLS
Membership category	Fellow
Date of election	06/06/1867
Source	Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Authority: First Altname from BR, second from DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1889 vol 46 pp xxiv-xxvi signed by W L B 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 R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 Notes: DSB gives dates of birth and death as 01 May 1822 and 16 August 1887
Virtual International Authority File	http://viaf.org/viaf/43984484
Code	NA8058

Archives associated with this Fellow

RefNo	Title	Date
EC/1867/06	Haast, Sir Julius von: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/3/212	Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster, Secretary, Royal Society	10 April 1889
MC/8/80	Letter from Julius Haast, Christchurch, New Zealand, to Dr W [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society, London	11 September 1867
MC/8/203	Letter from Julius Haast, [?] near Auckland, New Zealand, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]	31 May 1868
MC/10/285	Letter from Julius von Haast, Christ Church, to Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House, London	17 August 1875
MC/10/338	Letter from Julius von Haast, Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, to W [Walter] White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House, London	28 January 1876
MC/10	Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society	July 1873-1876
MC/12/352	Letter from Julius von Haast, Christchurch, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society], Burlington House, Piccadilly, London	7 September 1883
MC/12	Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society	1880-1883
MC/8	Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society	1867-1869
MC/14	Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society	1885-1888
MC/14/110	Letter from Alexander Sutherland, Honourable Secretary, Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne, to the Secretary of the Royal Society	26 February 1886

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