Thomas Jeffery Parker
1850–97
Biologist, university professor, and museum curator. A student of Thomas Henry Huxley at the Royal School of Mines; demonstrator, 1872–80. Professor of biology at the University of Otago and curator of the Otago Museum, 1880–97. A strong advocate of evolution. FRS 1888.
Source
DNZB
Bibliography
DNZB: A dictionary of New Zealand biography. Edited by G. H. Scholefield. 2 vols. Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Internal Affairs. 1940. The dictionary of New Zealand biography. Edited by W. H. Oliver et al. 5 vols. Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Internal Affairs [and others]. 1990–2000.


