Thomas Morland Hocken
1836–1910
New Zealand surgeon and collector. Born in England. MRCS 1859. Ship’s surgeon on the Australian run. Settled in Dunedin, in Otago, New Zealand, 1862. A leading figure in many medical institutions in Dunedin. A founder and three-times president of the Otago Institute, a scientific society. Made a significant collection of New Zealand and Pacific artefacts and documents relating to the history of the region. Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, 1883.
Source
DNZB
Bibliography
DNZB: A dictionary of New Zealand biography. Edited by G. H. Scholefield. 2 vols. Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Internal Affairs. 1940. The dictionary of New Zealand biography. Edited by W. H. Oliver et al. 5 vols. Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Internal Affairs [and others]. 1990–2000.
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