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Authorised form of nameCockayne; Leonard (1855 - 1934)
Dates1855 - 1934
Place of birthNorton Lees, Yorkshire, England
Date of birth07 April 1855
Place of deathWellington, New Zealand
Date of death08/07/1934
Research fieldBotany
ActivityEducation:
Hon PhD (Munich); Hon DSc (1932, New Zealand)
Honours:
CMG 1929
Memberships:
FRSNZ (1919); FLS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election02/05/1912
Royal Society activityMedals and prizes:
Darwin Medal 1928
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNZB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1932-1935 vol l pp 443-457, plate, by A W Hill
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
Royal Society codeNA8043
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1912/03Cockayne, Leonard: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/46/582Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [Leonard] Cockayne, Fellow of the Royal Society, 181 Linwood Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand27 September 1912
NLB/46/63Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Leonard Cockayne, Fellow of the Royal Society, 181 Linwood Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand5 June 1912
NLB/46/805Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [Leonard] Cockayne, Fellow of the Royal Society, 181 Linwood Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand5 November 1912
NLB/54/860Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Leonard] Cockayne, FRS23 October 1917
NLB/67/470Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [Leonard] Cockayne, FRS5 January 1925
NLB/55/750Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. Leonard Cockayne, FRS22 August 1918
NLB/63/528Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society and FRS; to Dr. Leonard Cockayne, FRS03 November 1922
NLB/64/769Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Edward Bagnall] Poulton, FRS.15 June 1923
NLB/67/661Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Vernon Herbert] Blackman, FRS9 February 1925
NLB/71/794Copy letter from Henry Hallett Dale, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Leonard] Cockayne, FRS1 November 1928
NLB/71/951Copy letter from David Prain, Treasurer of the Royal Society; to Messrs. Coutts and Co.17 December 1928
NLB/71/891Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the High Commissioner for New Zealand, 415 Strand, WC21 December 1928
NLB/71/965Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Leonard] Cockayne, FRS19 December 1928
NLB/71/907Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Chief Clerk, New Zealand Government Offices, 415 Strand, WC25 December 1928
CD/5/9Copy letter from Professor [William Blaxland] Benham, to James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society5 August 1922
IM/000901Cockayne, Leonardnd
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