| Authorised form of name | Hector; Sir; James (1834 - 1907) |
| Dates | 1834 - 1907 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 16 March 1834 |
| Place of death | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Date of death | 05/11/1907 |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
| Research field | Geology |
| Natural history |
| Activity | Education:
Edinburgh. MD (1856)
Career:
Assistant to Edward Forbes (FRS 1845); Surgeon and Geologist to a Government expedition to western Canada, travelling from Lake Superior to Vancouver (1857-1860); discovered 'Hector's Pass' across the Rocky Mountains; Geologist to the Provincial Government of Otago, New Zealand (1861); Director, Geological Survey of New Zealand.
Honours:
CMG 1875; KCMG 1887
Memberships:
FGS
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 07/06/1866 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
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 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/77839526 |
| Royal Society code | NA7696 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| IM/002020 | '1886 New Zealand: recent volcanic eruption', Tarawera Range by James Hector | 1886 |
| MS/845 | Records of the eruption of the Mount Tarawera volcano, New Zealand, by James Hector | 1886 |
| NLB/1/553 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr James Hector, Fellow of the Royal Society | 27 July 1887 |
| NLB/11/613 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Professor Thomas Jeffery Parker, Fellow of the Royal Society | 10 August 1895 |
| NLB/14/365 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons, St Martin's Lane | 23 February 1897 |
| NLB/36/547 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 12 November 1907 |
| EC/1866/05 | Hector, Sir James: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/7/355 | Letter from James Hector, Geological Survey Department, Wellington, NZ [New Zealand], to Dr [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society, London | 7 September 1866 |
| MC/7 | Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1864-1866 |
| MC/8/53 | Letter from James Hector, Geological Survey Office, Wellington, New Zealand, to [Walter White], Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 7 June 1867 |
| MC/9/247 | Letter from James Hector, Geological Survey Department, Wellington, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society], Burlington House, London | 5 August 1871 |
| MC/9 | Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1870-June 1873 |
| MC/10/473 | Letter from James Hector, Colonial Museum, Wellington, New Zealand, to the Royal Society | 15 December 1876 |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |
| AP/50/5 | Unpublished copy letter, regarding a newspaper report of lectures to the Wellington Philosophical Society on the tidal disturbances and earthquakes experienced in New Zealand in August 1868 from G F [George Ferguson] Bowen to the Duke of Buckingham | 1868 |
| AP/50/5/1 | Unpublished copy letter, regarding a newspaper report of lectures to the Wellington Philosophical Society on the tidal disturbances and earthquakes experienced in New Zealand in August 1868 from G F [George Ferguson] Bowen to the Duke of Buckingham | 4 September 1868 |
| MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |
| PP/7/5 | Letter, regarding the solar eclipse of 9 September 1885 from James Hector to George Gabriel Stokes | 12 September 1885 |