Douglas Campbell (soil conservator)

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Campbell in 1929, as a member of the Canterbury Agricultural College Football Club 1st XV

Douglas Archibald Campbell ISO (13 December 1906 – 7 March 1969) was a New Zealand teacher and soil conservator. He was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 13 December 1906.[1]

Campbell graduated from Canterbury Agricultural College (now Lincoln University) with a Master's degree on red clover in 1930.[2]

In 1967, Campbell was awarded the Bledisloe Medal by the Canterbury Agricultural College.[3] In the 1968 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the Imperial Service Order.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Roche, Michael. "Douglas Archibald Campbell". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ^ Campbell, Douglas (1930). Red clover investigations (Masters thesis). Research@Lincoln, University of Canterbury. hdl:10182/14297.
  3. ^ "1967 D. A. Campbell". Lincoln University. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  4. ^ "No. 44486". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 1 January 1968. p. 43.