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Frederick Reed: pioneer New Zealand diatomist 1909-1995: an account of his life and collections

Vivienne Cassie Cooper

Landcare Research, Private Bag 3127, Hamilton, New Zealand.

Mark Harvey

Environment Canterbury, P.O. Box 345, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Abstract  An account is given of the life, works, and collections of the late Frederick Reed, a noted New Zealand diatomist from Christchurch. His extensive collections of slides, books, papers, and samples of fossil and other material, mainly from Upper Eocene deposits at Oamaru, South Island, are lodged in the Allan Herbarium, Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand.

Keywords  diatoms; fossil; slides; microscope

R02039 Received 2 September 2002; accepted 23 December 2002; published 18 June 2003
© Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 33, Number 2, June 2003, pp 571-581

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