In office 3 December 1867 – 16 August 1887 (1867-12-03 – 1887-08-16)
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Henry Ogg Forbes
Personal details
Born
Johann Franz Julius Haast
(1822-05-01)1 May 1822 Bonn, Kingdom of Prussia
Died
16 August 1887(1887-08-16) (aged 65) Christchurch, New Zealand
Resting place
Holy Trinity Avonside
Alma mater
University of Bonn
Occupation
Explorer, geologist
Employer
Canterbury College, Christchurch
Awards
Royal Geographical Society's Patron's Medal (1884)
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and George (1886)
Sir Johann Franz Julius von HaastKCMG FRS (1 May 1822 – 16 August 1887) was a German-born New Zealand explorer, geologist, and founder of the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch.
Sir Johann Franz JuliusvonHaast KCMG FRS (1 May 1822 – 16 August 1887) was a German-born New Zealand explorer, geologist, and founder of the Canterbury...
used the pass in pre-European times. The pass takes its name from JuliusvonHaast, a 19th-century explorer who also served as provincial geologist for...
servers into a cluster Bill Haast (1910–2011), founder of the Miami Serpentarium and pioneering snake venom collector JuliusvonHaast (1822–1887), German geologist...
scientist JuliusvonHaast who had also recently arrived in New Zealand, with whom he formed a lifelong friendship. Polymath Arthur Purchas convinced von Hochstetter...
(1817–1893), author and archivist Leopold Kaufmann (1821–1898), mayor JuliusvonHaast (1822–1887), New Zealand, professor of geology Dietrich Brandis (1824–1907)...
Landsborough River. JuliusvonHaast named the river after himself, "directed, so he said, by his Provincial Superintendent". VonHaast explored a route...
a tributary to the Tasman Glacier, in the south. It was named by JuliusvonHaast after the french geologist Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont. Wikimedia...
Germany 2016: Foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2017: JuliusvonHaast Fellowship Award from the Royal Society of New Zealand 2018: Herbert...
They were common when Charles Heaphy visited Lake Rotoroa in 1846. JuliusvonHaast wrote in 1861 that "no other bird being as numerous as the weka which...
summer between September and March. JuliusvonHaast named the mountain after the Austrian geologist Wilhelm von Haidinger. Wikimedia Commons has media...
The Fox Glacier was originally named the Albert glacier by explorer JuliusvonHaast, though the name was eventually changed to Fox in honor of Sir William...
to "Australasia", another German-speaking explorer and geologist, JuliusvonHaast (1822-1887), was appointed as the inaugural Curator/Director of the...
resident, Charles French Pemberton, named the area, whilst the geologist JuliusvonHaast named the mountain after William Sefton Moorhouse, the second Superintendent...
to "Australasia", another German-speaking explorer and geologist, JuliusvonHaast (1822-1887), was appointed as the inaugural Curator/Director of the...
pteryx, "wing" and haasti is the Latin form of the last name of Sir JuliusvonHaast. Great spotted kiwis are the largest of the kiwis; the male is 45 cm...
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