Geologist on the Discovery during the National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04. Born in Dublin, but spent his early life in South Africa returning to England at the age of fourteen to go to school. Educated at Oundle School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, taking the Natural Science tripos shortly before the expedition sailed. In charge of geology and also of sea water analysis after Shackleton was medically evacuated. His report on field geology was published in 1907 as part of Vol. 1 (Geology) of the expedition's scientific results. In 1905 he joined the geological section of the Survey Department in Egypt, and remained there until 1913 when he went to New Zealand as a master at Christchurch College. During the First World War he served with the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces mainly in Palestine. In 1919 he joined the New Zealand Geological Survey and worked in New Zealand until his death in April 1932.

Silver Polar Medal: Antarctic 1902-04
Expedition: British Antactic Expedition 1902-04*

* N. Poulsom and J Myers, British Polar Exploration and Research: A Historical and Medallic Record with Biographies 1818-1999, London, Savannah, 2000, p.518.