List of Honorary Doctors of the University of New Zealand
The following is a complete list of honorary (also known as honoris causa) doctorates issued by the University of New Zealand before it was disestablished in 1961 and its constituent colleges raised to full university status. It does not include normal doctorates of the same name which were awarded over the same period.
Year | Recipient[1] | Degree |
---|---|---|
1931 | Ernest Rutherford | DSc |
1932 | Leonard Cockayne | DSc |
1935 | Diamond Jenness | Litt.D. |
1937 | Te Rangi Hīroa | DSc |
1940 | George Julius | DSc |
1941 | William Sinclair Marris | Litt.D. |
1942 | William Blaxland Benham | DSc |
1943 | Alexander Aitken | DSc |
1948 | Āpirana Turupa Ngata | Litt.D |
1949 | William Beveridge | Litt.D. |
1949 | Ronald Syme | Litt.D |
1949 | Patrick Marshall | DSc |
1950 | Thomas Hunter (psychologist) | Litt.D |
1950 | Raymond Priestley | DSc |
1951 | William Noel Benson | DSc |
1951 | James Hight | LL.D. |
1951 | James Bryant Conant | DSc |
1952 | Bernard Cyril Freyberg | LL.D. |
1953 | Bruce Levy | DSc |
1954 | Charles Cotton | LL.D. |
1955 | Arthur Sims | LL.D. |
1955 | Howard Kippenberger | LL.D. |
1955 | Harold Mattingly | Litt.D. |
1955 | John Tresidder Sheppard | Litt.D. |
1956 | William Davies (botanist)[2] | DSc |
1957 | Frank Macfarlane Burnet | LL.D. |
1957 | John Bell Condliffe | Litt.D. |
1957 | Arthur William Baden Powell | DSc |
1957 | Theodore Rigg | DSc |
1957 | Leonard John Wild[3] | DSc |
1959 | Henry George Forder[4] | DSc |
1960 | William Lawrence Bragg | DSc |
1960 | Arnold Wall | DSc |
1961 | Charles John Lyttelton | LL.D. |
1961 | William Hollis Cocker[5] | LL.D. |
1961 | George Alexander Currie | LL.D. |
1961 | Ian Alistair Gordon[6][7] | Litt.D |
1961 | Arthur Espie Porritt | LL.D. |
1961 | David Stanley Smith | LL.D. |
1961 | Thomas Duncan MacGregor Stout | LL.D. |
See also
- List of Honorary Doctors of the University of Auckland
- List of Honorary Doctors of Lincoln University (New Zealand)
- List of Honorary Doctors of Massey University
- List of Honorary Doctors of the University of Otago
- List of Honorary Doctors of Victoria University of Wellington
- List of Honorary Doctors of the University of Waikato
- List of Honorary Doctors of the University of Canterbury
References
- ↑ University of New Zealand. Roll of Graduates. Wellington: Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ↑ "The National Library of Wales :: Dictionary of Welsh Biography". Wbo.llgc.org.uk. 1968-07-28. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ "Wild, Leonard John – Biography – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand". Teara.govt.nz. 1970-07-23. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ "Forder biography". Groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ "William Hollis Cocker | NZETC". Nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ "Ian Alistair Gordon | NZETC". Nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. 1963-06-04. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ http://viaf.org/viaf/109557837/