| Authorised form of name | Haast; Sir; Julius von (? 1824 - 1887) |
| Other forms of name | Sir John Francis Julius von |
| 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 |
| 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
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| 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 |
| 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 |