Alfred Cockayne

Alfred Cockayne
CBE ISO
Cockayne in 1936
Born(1880-05-23)23 May 1880
Oamaru or Dunedin, New Zealand
Died21 October 1966(1966-10-21) (aged 86)
Waikanae, New Zealand
RelativesLeonard Cockayne (father)
Members of the New Zealand Research Council with Cockayne standing second from the right, 1936

Alfred Hyde Cockayne CBE ISO (23 May 1880 – 21 October 1966) was a New Zealand botanist, agricultural scientist and administrator. He was born in Dunedin, or Oamaru, New Zealand, on 23 May 1880. He was the son of another noted botanist Leonard Cockayne.[1]

  1. ^ Nightingale, Tony. "Alfred Hyde Cockayne". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 1 December 2011.