Robin Allan Explained

Robin Sutcliffe Allan (7 September 1900  - 5 July 1966) was a New Zealand geologist and university professor. The university professor William Salmond was his grandfather.

Allan was the geologist on the 1924 Chatham Islands Expedition.^[1]

In 1953, Allan was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.^[2] The Allan Hills in Antarctica, mapped by the New Zealand party (1957–58) of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, were named in his honour.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Clayworth . Peter . 2014 . Anthropology and archaeology - ‘Salvage anthropology’ and the birth of professionalism . 13 July 2024 . Te Ara.
2. News: Coronation Medal . Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette . 37 . 3 July 1953 . 14 April 2021 . 1021–1035.
3. antarid . 276. Allan Hills/Allan Nanatuk . 2020-09-23.