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James William Brodie (October 7th 1920 - April 11th 2009) OBE was a New Zealand geologist, oceanographer and amateur historian and philatelist.

Inspired to become a geologist after witnessing the Napier earthquake first-hand while at Napier Boys' High School he joined the Lands and Survey Department in 1937, moving to the DSIR in 1945. In 1949 he got his MSc in Geology from Victoria University College. He was a founding staff member of the Oceanographic Institute in 1954 and led it 1958-1977.

After retirement he was on the board of trustees of the National Art Gallery and National Museum and served on the project that transformed them into Te Papa. He also contributed several biographies to the New Zealand Dictionary of New Zealand Biography and was a mainstay of the Karori Historical Society.

References

Obituary, The Dominion Post, April 30th 2009

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 After retirement he was on the board of trustees of the National Art Gallery and National Museum and served on the project that transformed them into [[Te Papa]]. He also contributed several biographies to the New Zealand Dictionary of New Zealand Biography and was a mainstay of the [[Karori]] Historical Society.
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 * Obituary, The Dominion Post, April 30th 2009
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 * [http://scholar.google.co.nz/scholar?q=JW+Brodie Google Scholar search]
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