Theodore Rigg

Sir Theodore Rigg KBE (6 April 1888 – 22 October 1972) was a New Zealand agricultural chemist and scientific administrator.

He was born in Settle, Yorkshire, England in 1888.[1] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1938 New Year Honours. He died in Nelson on 22 October 1972, survived by his second wife, mycologist Kathleen Curtis, and two daughters from his first marriage.[1] His ashes were buried at Marsden Valley Cemetery.[2]

References
  1. Robertson, Graeme. "Theodore Rigg". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  2. "Cemeteries databasae". Nelson City Council. Retrieved 29 September 2014.

Further reading
  • Hughes, Helen R. (2005). A Quaker scientist : the life of Theodore Rigg KBE. New Zealand Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends. Rotorua [N.Z.]: Published for New Zealand Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends by Beechtree Press. ISBN 0473107430. OCLC 68815571.


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