Thomas Hill Easterfield

Sir Thomas Hill Easterfield KBE (4 March 1866 – 1 March 1949) was a New Zealand chemist and university professor. He was born in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England on 4 March 1866. Easterfield was one of the four founding professors of the Victoria University, Wellington.

Thomas Hill Easterfield c. 1926.

In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[1] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1938 Birthday Honours.[2]

References

1. "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
2. "No. 34518". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 June 1938. p. 3701.

Further reading

• Davis, Brian R. "Thomas Hill Easterfield". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
• Marsden, E. (1952). "Obituary notices: Thomas Hill Easterfield, 1866–1949". Journal of the Chemical Society: 1557–1560. doi:10.1039/JR9520001557. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
• Askew, H. O. (1950). "OBITUARY Thomas Hill Easterfield (1866–1949)". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 78: 381–383. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
• Miller, David (30 April 1949). "Sir Thomas Hill Easterfield, K.B.E". Nature. 163 (4148): 669. Bibcode:1949Natur.163..669M. doi:10.1038/163669a0.
• Barrowman, Rachel (1999). Victoria University of Wellington 1899 ~ 1999 A History. Wellington: Victoria University Press. pp. 15–17.