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John Marwick

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Marwick retired in 1952. He continued to work from home in what became a highly productive period. Apart from his work with oil companies, he took to completion research on turritellid
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In 1920 he became an assistant geologist in the New Zealand Geological Survey. As the only Geological Survey palaeontologist, Marwick named most of the common New Zealand
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and mollusc work. They jointly produced a schema of New Zealand Cenozoic rocks that survives to the present almost without modification.
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in 1916, and was posted to Egypt. He served there as a medical orderly in the New Zealand Division, and also in
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fossils, as well as many rarer ones. His work on molluscs were important contributions to understanding the
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From 1937, still in the Geological Survey, Marwick entered into a fifteen-year collaboration with
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he helped to collect fossil shells and learned the beginnings of how to classify
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1937 to 1938 – chairman, geology section of the Wellington Philosophical Society
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and New Zealand faunal studies. He made significant contributions to
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1950 to 1952 – vice president of the Royal Society of New Zealand
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1944 to 1950 – on the council of the Royal Society of New Zealand
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1938 to 1946 – editor of the Transactions and Proceedings of the
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and stratigraphy. His bibliography contains 124 publications.
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1935 – appointed Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand
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J Marwick on The Geological History of New Zealand (1948)
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New Zealand palaeontologist and geologist (1891–1978)
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Awarded Hamilton Memorial Prize jointly with Finlay
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Andersen 864:Peter Schwerdtfeger 566:Francis John Turner 482:John Reader Hosking 157:on 17 August 1978. 71:Marwick joined the 57:University of Otago 1026:People from Oamaru 794:Patricia Bergquist 424:Duncan Sommerville 334:Thomas Easterfield 314:Recipients of the 161:Honours and awards 993: 992: 698:Michael Hartshorn 560:Ernest Beaglehole 352:Ernest Rutherford 1073: 918:Margaret Brimble 882:Richard Furneaux 770:Peter de la Mare 746:Trevor Hatherton 728:Richard Matthews 632:Ralph Piddington 608:Alister McLellan 548:G. H. Cunningham 488:Herbert Williams 370:Philip Robertson 364:Thomas Cheeseman 346:Patrick Marshall 328:Leonard Cockayne 308: 301: 294: 285: 263: 261: 259: 233: 232: 230: 228: 213: 173:and Prize (with 26: 1081: 1080: 1076: 1075: 1074: 1072: 1071: 1070: 996: 995: 994: 989: 984:Niels Kjærgaard 924:Richard Blaikie 888:Timothy Haskell 836:John C. 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He won the 86: 82: 78: 74: 70: 62: 60: 58: 54: 50: 46: 38: 36: 34: 30: 25: 21: 894:Gaven Martin 858:George Seber 818:Dick Walcott 806:Warren Roper 800:Peter Wardle 764:Rod Bieleski 710:Robert Hayes 650:Richard Dell 644:Derek Lawden 572:Keith Bullen 542:Baden Powell 536:Henry Forder 454:John Marwick 453: 316:Hector Medal 256:. Retrieved 246: 225:. Retrieved 221: 211: 152: 130: 126:stratigraphy 111: 104: 93: 66: 42: 20:John Marwick 19: 18: 1011:1978 deaths 1006:1891 births 954:Matt Visser 900:Peter Steel 852:Jeff Tallon 812:Roger Green 758:Ray Forster 692:Ted Bollard 674:Doug Coombs 626:Harry Bloom 512:Harry Allan 458:Noel Benson 376:Percy Smith 340:Elsdon Best 241:Beu, A. G. 175:Noel Benson 148:volcanology 1000:Categories 978:Murray Cox 972:Eric Le Ru 912:Rod Downey 876:Ian Witten 662:Con Cambie 614:Barry Fell 596:Roger Duff 518:Bob Briggs 203:References 133:gastropods 936:Ian Brown 842:Ted Baker 830:Bob Jolly 788:Dan Walls 782:Jim Ellis 716:Jack Dodd 77:Palestine 33:geologist 752:Roy Kerr 722:Cam Reid 155:Hastings 141:Mesozoic 118:molluscs 100:Cenozoic 96:Tertiary 53:molluscs 258:4 April 227:13 July 986:(2023) 980:(2022) 974:(2021) 968:(2020) 962:(2019) 956:(2018) 950:(2017) 944:(2016) 938:(2015) 932:(2014) 926:(2013) 920:(2012) 914:(2011) 908:(2010) 902:(2009) 896:(2008) 890:(2007) 884:(2006) 878:(2005) 872:(2003) 866:(2001) 860:(1999) 854:(1998) 844:(1997) 838:(1996) 832:(1995) 826:(1994) 820:(1993) 814:(1992) 808:(1991) 802:(1990) 796:(1989) 790:(1988) 784:(1987) 778:(1986) 772:(1985) 766:(1984) 760:(1983) 754:(1982) 748:(1981) 742:(1980) 736:(1979) 730:(1978) 724:(1977) 718:(1976) 712:(1975) 706:(1974) 700:(1973) 694:(1972) 688:(1971) 682:(1970) 676:(1969) 670:(1968) 664:(1967) 658:(1966) 652:(1965) 646:(1964) 640:(1963) 634:(1962) 628:(1961) 622:(1960) 616:(1959) 610:(1958) 604:(1957) 598:(1956) 592:(1955) 586:(1954) 580:(1953) 574:(1952) 568:(1951) 562:(1950) 556:(1949) 550:(1948) 544:(1947) 538:(1946) 532:(1945) 526:(1944) 520:(1943) 514:(1942) 508:(1941) 502:(1940) 496:(1939) 490:(1938) 484:(1937) 478:(1936) 472:(1935) 466:(1934) 460:(1933) 450:(1932) 444:(1931) 438:(1930) 432:(1929) 426:(1928) 420:(1927) 414:(1926) 408:(1925) 402:(1924) 396:(1923) 390:(1922) 384:(1921) 378:(1920) 372:(1919) 366:(1918) 360:(1917) 354:(1916) 348:(1915) 342:(1914) 336:(1913) 330:(1912) 222:Te Ara 122:forams 85:Jordan 63:Career 45:Oamaru 81:Sinai 260:2011 229:2024 139:and 83:and 31:and 120:to 79:, 1002:: 850:, 456:, 251:. 245:. 220:. 109:. 35:. 24:MM 307:e 300:t 293:v 262:. 231:. 177:)

Index

MM
palaeontologist
geologist
Oamaru
Waitaki Boys' High School
molluscs
University of Otago
First World War
New Zealand Medical Corps
Palestine
Sinai
Jordan
Military Medal
Tertiary
Cenozoic
1924 Chatham Islands Expedition
Harold Finlay
molluscs
forams
stratigraphy
gastropods
geomorphology
Mesozoic
palaeontology
volcanology
Hastings
Hector Memorial Medal
Noel Benson
Royal Society of New Zealand
"Anthropology and archaeology - 'Salvage anthropology' and the birth of professionalism"

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