Harold John Finlay (22 March 1901 – 7 April 1951) was a New Zealand

palaeontologist Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ...

and

conchologist Conchology () is the study of mollusc shells. Conchology is one aspect of malacology, the study of molluscs; however, malacology is the study of molluscs as whole organisms, whereas conchology is confined to the study of their shells. It includ ...

Biography

Finlay was born in

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(now

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), on 22 March 1901. He was left a paraplegic after contracting poliomyelitis at the age of four, but waas able to participate in field excursions. He graduated from the

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with B.Sc. and M.Sc. He received the Hamilton Memorial Prize of the New Zealand Institute in 1926 and a D.Sc. in 1927. His main research interest was

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and non-marine malacofauna of New Zealand, both recent and fossil. He also specialised on fossil

Foraminifera Foraminifera (; Latin for "hole bearers"; informally called "forams") are single-celled organisms, members of a phylum or class of amoeboid protists characterized by streaming granular Ectoplasm (cell biology), ectoplasm for catching food and ot ...

. After a long period of unemployment, Finlay was appointed to the

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in 1937, and in the same year he married Jean Dorothy Waterson Gillies. He was elected a

Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand A fellow is a concept whose exact meaning depends on context. In learned or professional societies, it refers to a privileged member who is specially elected in recognition of their work and achievements. Within the context of higher education ...

in 1939, and was awarded the scoiety's

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in 1941. Finlay died, unexpectedly, at his home in Wellington on 7 April 1951.

Bibliography

Many of Finlay's works were published in ''

Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand The ''Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand'' was a scientific journal and magazine published by the Royal Society of New Zealand. Before 1933 the society was called the New Zealand Institute, and the journal's name was ...

'' abbreviated as ''Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' (incomplete; complete only for publications from Trans. N.Z. Inst.) 1923 * Finlay H. J. 1923. ''Some Remarks on New Zealand Calliostomidae, with Descriptions of New Tertiary Species''. Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 54, pp
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��105. * Finlay H. J. & McDowall F. H. 1923. ''Fossiliferous Limestone at Dowling Bay''. Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 54, pp
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��114. 1924 * Finlay H. J. 1924. ''A Chemical Investigation of Pintsch Oil''. Trans. N.Z. Inst., Volume 55, 1924, * Finlay H. J. 1924. ''Three Fossil

Annelids The annelids (Annelida , from Latin ', "little ring"), also known as the segmented worms, are a large phylum, with over 22,000 extant species including ragworms, earthworms, and leeches. The species exist in and have adapted to various ecolo ...

new to New Zealand''. Trans. N.Z. Inst., Volume 55, 1924, * Finlay H. J. 1924. ''New shells from New Zealand Tertiary Beds''. Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 55, 1924, pp. 450–479. * Finlay H. J. 1924. ''New Zealand Tertiary Rissoids''. Trans. N.Z. Inst. vol 55, 1924, pp. 480–490. * Finlay H. J. 1924. ''The Molluscan Fauna of Target Gully''. Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol 55, 1924, pp. 494–516. * Finlay H. J. 1924. ''Additions to the Recent Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand''. Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol 55, 1924, pp. 517–526. * Finlay H. J. 1924. ''The Family

Liotiidae Liotiidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).Gofas, S. (2013). Liotiidae Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of ...

, Iredale, in the New Zealand Tertiary: Part 1—The Genus Brookula''. Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol 55, 1924, pp. 526–531. * Finlay H. J. & McDowall F. H. 1924. ''Preliminary Note on the Clifden Beds''. Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 55, pp
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��538. * Finlay H. J. 1924. ''Two New Species of Magadina''. Trans. N.Z. Inst., Volume 55, 1924, * Finlay H. J. 1924. ''Some necessary changes in Names of New Zealand Mollusca''. Proc. Mal. Soc. (Lond.), vol. 16, pt. 2, pp. 99–107. * Finlay H. J. 1924. ''List of Recorded Relationships between Australian and New Zealand Mollusca''. Rep. Austr. Assoc. Adv. Sci., vol. 16, pp. 332–343. 1925 * Finlay H. J. 1925 ''Some Modern Conceptions Applied to the Study of the Caenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand''. Verbeek Mem. Birthday Vol., pp. 161–172. 1926 * Finlay H. J. 1926 ''New Shells from New Zealand Tertiary Beds: Part 2''. Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 56, 1926, pp. 227–258. * Finlay H. J. 1926 ''On Iredalina, new genus: a Volute without plaits''. Proc. Mal. Soc. (Lond.), vol. 17, pt. 1, pp. 59–62. 1927 * Finlay H. J. 1927. ''Additions to the Recent Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand.—No. 2.'' Trans. N.Z. Inst., Volume 57, 1927, pp. 485–487 * Finlay H. J. (19 January) 1927. ''New Specific Names for Austral Mollusca''. Trans. N.Z. Inst., Volume 57, 1927, pp. 488–533. * Finlay H. J. (23 December) 1927. ''A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics''. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 57, 1927
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485. 1928 * Finlay H. J. 1928. ''The Recent Mollusca of the

Chatham Islands The Chatham Islands ( ) (Moriori: ''Rēkohu'', 'Misty Sun'; mi, Wharekauri) are an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about east of New Zealand's South Island. They are administered as part of New Zealand. The archipelago consists of about te ...

.'' Trans. N.Z. Inst., Volume 59, 1928, pp. 232–286 1930 * Finlay H. J. (23 August) 1930. ''Additions to the Recent Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand. No. 3.'' Trans. N.Z. Inst., Volume 61
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* Finlay H. J. 1930. ''Invalid Molluscan Names. No. 1.'' Trans. N.Z. Inst., Volume 61, 1930 * Finlay H. J. 1930. ''New Shells from New Zealand Tertiary Beds. Part 3.'' Trans. N.Z. Inst., Volume 61, 1930, pp. 49–84 * Finlay H. J. 1930. ''Notes on Recent Papers dealing with the Mollusca of New Zealand''. Trans. N.Z. Inst., Volume 61, 1930, pp. 248–258 * Finlay H. J. 1930. ''Revision of the New Zealand. Shells Referred to

Fusinus ''Fusinus'' is a genus of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails and tulip snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Reg ...

.'' Trans. N.Z. Inst., Volume 61, 1930 1931 * Finlay H. J. 1931–1932. ''On Turbo postulatus Bartrum: Does it indicate a Pliocene Connection with Australia?'' Trans. N.Z. Inst., Volume 62, 1931–32 * Finlay H. J. 1931–1932. ''On Austrosassia,

Austroharpa ''Austroharpa'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Harpidae.Finlay H.J. (1931). On Austrosassia, Austroharpa, and Austrolithes, new genera; with some remarks on the gastropod protoconch. Transactions of the Royal ...

, and Austrolithes, New Genera; with some Remarks on the Gasteropod

Protoconch A protoconch (meaning first or earliest or original shell) is an embryonic or larval shell which occurs in some classes of molluscs, e.g., the initial chamber of an ammonite or the larval shell of a gastropod. In older texts it is also called ...

.'' Trans. N.Z. Inst., Volume 62, 1931–32, pp. 7–19 * Finlay H. J. 1931–1932. ''On the Occurrence of Strebloceras in New Zealand.'' Trans. N.Z. Inst., Volume 62, 1931–32 * Finlay H. J. & Laws C. R. (23 May) 1931. ''A Second Species of

Planorbis ''Planorbis'' is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All species in this genus have sinistral or left-coiling shells.Bouchet, P.; Rosen ...

from New Zealand''. Trans. N.Z. Inst. Volume 62, 1931–32
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25. 1938 * Finlay H. J. 1938–1939. ''New Zealand

: Key Species in Stratigraphy—No. 1.'' Trans. N.Z. Inst., Volume 68, 1938–39, * Finlay H. J. 1938–1939. ''New Zealand Foraminifera: The Occurrence of Rzehakina,

Hantkenina ''Hantkenina'' is a genus of planktonic foraminifera that lived from the Middle Eocene up to late Eocene, cirka 49 Ma-33.9 Ma. There have been 11 morphospecies described, including one of Cribrohantkenina Coxal, H.K. y Pearson, P.N. (2006). Chapt ...

, Rotaliatina, and Zeauvigerina.'' Trans. N.Z. Inst., Volume 68, 1938–39 1940 * Finlay H. J. 1940. ''New Zealand Foraminifera: Key Species in Stratigraphy. No. 2.'' Trans. N.Z. Inst., Volume 69, 1940 * Finlay H. J. & Marwick J. 1940. ''The Divisions of the Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary in New Zealand''. Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z., vol. 70, pp
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��135. 1946 * Finlay H. J. 1946–1947. ''The Microfaunas of the Oxford Chalk and Eyre River Beds.'' Trans. N.Z. Inst., Volume 76, 1946–47, * Finlay H. J. 1946–1947. ''The Foraminiferal Evidence for Tertiary Trans-Tasman Correlation.'' Trans. N.Z. Inst., Volume 76, 1946–47 1947 * Finlay H. J. & Marwick J. 1947. ''New Divisions of the New Zealand Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary''. N.Z. Journ. Sci. Tech., vol. 28, (sec. B), pp. 230–236. 1950 * Benson W. N. & Finlay H. J. 1950. ''A Post-Tertiary Micro-Fauna in a Concretion Containing Cancer novae-zealandiae.'' Trans. N.Z. Inst., Volume 78, 1950
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* Scott, G. H.
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