Alfred Cockayne Explained

Alfred Cockayne
Birth Date:23 May 1880
Birth Place:Oamaru or Dunedin, New Zealand
Death Place:Waikanae, New Zealand
Relatives:Leonard Cockayne (father)

Alfred Hyde Cockayne (23 May 1880 – 21 October 1966) was a New Zealand botanist, agricultural scientist and administrator. He was born in Dunedin, or Oamaru, New Zealand, on 23 May 1880. He was the son of another noted botanist Leonard Cockayne.

Honours

In the 1937 Coronation Honours, Cockayne was made a Companion of the Imperial Service Order. In the 1957 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to agriculture.