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Vida Stout
Vida Mary Stout (20 February 1930 – 21 July 2012) was a New Zealand limnographer and academic administrator. She was the first woman to be Dean (education), Dean of Science at a New Zealand university. Biography Stout was the daughter of Thomas Duncan MacGregor Stout and granddaughter of Robert Stout. Born and raised in Wellington, Stout was educated at Woodford House in Hawke's Bay, where she was Dux. She then studied at Victoria University of Wellington, Victoria University College, where she completed a Bachelor of Science and Masters of Science in zoology. Her Masters thesis was on "Wikispecies:Hydracarina, Hydracarina from the Wellington province". Stout then completed a PhD at Bedford College, University of London, where she studied Daphnia. She returned to New Zealand after post-doctoral work in Sweden and in 1968 she and Ann Chapman (freshwater scientist), Ann Chapman founded the New Zealand Limnological Society (now the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society). Stout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wellington
Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metro area, and is the administrative centre of the Wellington Region. It is the world's southernmost capital of a sovereign state. Wellington features a temperate maritime climate, and is the world's windiest city by average wind speed. Legends recount that Kupe discovered and explored the region in about the 10th century, with initial settlement by Māori iwi such as Rangitāne and Muaūpoko. The disruptions of the Musket Wars led to them being overwhelmed by northern iwi such as Te Āti Awa by the early 19th century. Wellington's current form was originally designed by Captain William Mein Smith, the first Surveyor General for Edward Wakefield's New Zealand Company, in 1840. The Wellington urban area, which only includes urbanised ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
