Sir James Hector
1834–1907
(Person)
Geologist, explorer, administrator.
Genealogy
Children: Douglas Hector
Works by this Author in Our Collection
- Handbook of New Zealand in The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 66
- On the total solar eclipse of September 9, 1885 (in a letter of Professor Stokes) in The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 54
- Inaugural address, by Sir James Hector ... president. Christchurch, Thursday, 15th January, 1891 in The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 69
Works by this Author in other Collections
- Note on the Geology of the Outlying Islands of New Zealand, in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXIV.—Notes on New Zealand Crustacea., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XIV.—Notes on Delphinus forsteri., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXXVI.—Notes on the New Zealand Whitebait., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- [Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 9th December, 1876.], in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXVI.—Notes on New Zealand Fishes., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- On the Fossil Flora of New Zealand., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XIX.—On the Whales and Dolphins of the New Zealand Seas., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Notes on Moa-bones in Gold-drift., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXVI.—Notes on New Zealand Cetacea., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- On Earthquakes in New Zealand., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXII.—Notes on New Zealand Ichthyology., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- On the Distribution of the Auriferous Cements in New Zealand., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- (With Illustrations.), in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXIII.—Notes on the Dolphins of the New Zealand Seas., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXXVI.—On the Belemnites found in New Zealand., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXX.—Notes on the Southern Seals., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXXVII.—On the Origin of the New Zealand Flora—being a Presidential Address to the Otago Institute., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XIII.—On Cnemiornis calcitrans, Owen, showing its Affinity to the Lamellirostrate Natatores., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- On the Mercurial Springs of the Bay of Islands (abstract)., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXIII.—Notes on Birds observed during the Voyage to England, in a Letter to the President., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXXV.—On a New Shell (Anomia walteri)., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XV.—Notice of a Variation in the Dentition of Mesoplodon hectori, Gray., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXVII.—On the Occurrence of the Salmon Trout in Nelson Harbour., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXIX.—Notes on a Land Planarian (sent by F. V. Knapp, Hampden State School, Nelson)., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- On Oyster-culture in New Zealand., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLIII.—Notes on the Geology of the Outlying Islands of New Zealand; with Extracts from Official Reports., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- [Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 13th February, 1885.], in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LII.—On the Fossil Reptilia of New Zealand., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXV.—Notes on New Zealand Ichthyology., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLV.—Notes on the Whales of the New Zealand Seas., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Memorandum on the Longitude of Wellington Observatory., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- On the merits of Patent Slips., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- On the relative Ages of the Australian, Tasmanian, and New Zealand Coal-fields (abstract)., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXXIII.—On the Anatomy of Flight of certain Birds., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXI.—Notes on the Antarctic Petrel (Priocella antarctica)., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- On Mining in New Zealand., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXXV.—Notes on New Zealand Whales., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Notes on New Zealand Cetacea, Recent and Fossil. Neobalœna marginata, Kogia breviceps, Orca gladiator, Balœnoptera and Kekenodon onamata., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- On the Geographical Botany of New Zealand. Explanatory of a Series of Essays by Sir David Monro, and Messrs. Travers and Buchanan., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. IV.—On the recent Earthquakes and Wave Phenomena observed in New Zealand., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- 2. “Early Explorations and Colonisation of Western Canada,”, in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. VI.—On Recent Moa Remains in New Zealand., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXXIV.—Notes on New Zealand Ichthyology. Plates X. and XI., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXIV.—Notice of a new Species of Pomaderris (P. tainui.), in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- On the Occurrence of Black Sulphur in the Native State., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Account of Soundings taken by the “Challenger” Expedition., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- On the Shooting Stars of November, 1898., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XX.—Notice of a new Fish., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Paper.—“On the Brunner Mine Disaster,”, in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Mentioned in
- A History of the Birds of New Zealand.
- Extracts from Professor Newton’s Address to the Biological Section of the British Association (Manchester, 1887)
- The Ancient Avifauna
- The Existing Avifauna
- Supplementary Notes — to the — ‘Birds of New Zealand.’ — Vol I
- Turnagra Hectori. — (North-Island Thrush.)
- Turnagra Crassirostris, — (South-Island Thrush.)
- Zosterops Cærulescens. — (The Silver-Eye.)
- Prosthemadera Novæ Zealandiæ. — (Tui or Parson Bird.)
- Fam. STIRINGOPIDÆ — Stringops Habroptilus. — (Owl Parrot.)
- Platycercus Auriceps. — (Yellow-Fronted Parrakeet.)
- Platycercus Unicolor. — (Antipodes-Island Parrakeet.)
- Nestor Meeidionalis. — (Kaka Parrot.)
- Nestor Notabilis. — (Kea Parrot.) — Native names.
- Coturnix Novæ Zealandiæ — (New-Zealand Quail.)
- Himantopus Novæ Zealandiæ. — (Black Stilt.)
- Gallinago Aucklandica. — (Auckland-Island Snipe.)
- Numenius Cyanopus. — (Australian Curlew.)
- Stercorarius Antarcticus. — (Southern Skua.)
- Stercorarius Crepidatus. — (Richardson’s Skua.)
- Notornis Mantelli. — (Mantell’s Notornis.)
- Ocydromus Greyi. — (North-Island Woodhen.)
- Ocydromus Fuscus. — (Black Woodhen.)
- Phalacrocorax Imperialis. — (Emperor Shag.)
- Phalacrocorax Featherstoni. — (Chatham-Island Shag.)
- Diomedea Exulans. — (Wandering Albatros.)
- Œstrelata Incerta. — (Doubtful Petrel.)
- Ossifraga Gigantea. — (Giant Petrel.)
- Thalassæca Antarctica. — (Antarctic Petrel.)
- Podiceps Cristatus. — (Great Crested Grebe.)
- Eudyptes Sclateri. — (Sclater’s Penguin.)
- Apteryx Bulleri. — (North-Island Kiwi.)
- Botanical Discovery in New Zealand: The Visiting Botanists
- Early New Zealand Botanical Art
- Geological and other Reports
- Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
- Letters and Art in New Zealand
- Manual of the New Zealand Flora.
- New Zealanders and Science
- Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook
- The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions: Tai-Nui. [Vol. V]
- The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
- The Exploration of New Zealand
- The Long White Cloud
- The Moa-Hunters of New Zealand: Sportsman of the Stone Age
- The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period: Volume II: The Hauhau Wars, (1864–72)
- Tuatara: Volume 1, Issue 3, September 1948
- Tuatara: Volume 18, Issue 2, July 1970
- Tuatara: Volume 22, Issue 3, February 1977
- Victoria University College an Essay towards a History
- Victoria University of Wellington 1899 ~ 1999 A History
- Yesterdays in Maoriland
Cited in
- Tuatara: Volume 18, Issue 2, July 1970
- Yesterdays in Maoriland
External Links
Searching
For several reasons, including lack of resource and inherent ambiguity, not all names in the NZETC are marked-up. This means that finding all references to a topic often involves searching. Search for Sir James Hector as: "Sir James Hector". Additional references are often found by searching for just the main name of the topic (the surname in the case of people).
Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Sir James Hector":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.