Alan Mason Historical Studies Award

Alan Mason Historical Studies Award

No award made in 2023

 

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Alan Mason

Alan Mason receiving his New Zealand Science & Technology medal in 1998 from Sir Edmund Hillary.

Alan Mason was a leading science historian.  Following retirement from a business career, he chronicled the history of geology in New Zealand, and produced three biographies of pioneer geologists.

In 1998 we was awarded a New Zealand Science & Technology medal for his contribution to documenting New Zealand's geological history.