James Healy (10 September 1910 – 10 December 1994) was a New Zealand geologist, volcanologist and music critic. He was born in Devonport,

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, New Zealand, on 10 September 1910. In the

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, he was appointed an Officer of the

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, for services to geology and the community.

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