Doug Coombs | |
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| Born | Douglas Saxon Coombs 23 November 1924 Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Died | 23 December 2016 (aged 92) Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Spouse | Anne Tarrant |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Ken Saxon (uncle) |
| Awards | Hector Medal (1969) Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (2002) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Otago |
| Thesis | Incipient metamorphism of the tuffs and greywackes of the Taringatura Survey District, Southland, New Zealand; Studies on the determination of low-temperature alkali feldspars (1952) |
Douglas Saxon Coombs CNZM (23 November 1924 – 23 December 2016) was a New Zealand mineralogist and petrologist.