Henry Connor (botanist)

Henry Connor
Born
Henry Eamonn Connor

(1922-08-04)4 August 1922
Wellington, New Zealand
Died26 July 2016(2016-07-26) (aged 93)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Known forNew Zealand poisonous plants, taxonomy and reproductive biology of New Zealand grasses
AwardsHutton Medal (2000)
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsDepartment of Scientific and Industrial Research
University of Canterbury

Henry Eamonn Connor CNZM (4 August 1922 – 26 July 2016) was a New Zealand botanist and science administrator. He was an expert on New Zealand poisonous plants and the taxonomy and reproductive biology of New Zealand grasses, and served as the director of the Botany Division of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.