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Earle Northcroft

Earle Fead Northcroft (1896–1962) was a New Zealand botanist and physician who was a member of the 1924 Chatham Islands expedition scientific team.

Early life
Northcroft was born in 1896 in Christchurch the only son of Ernest Northcroft. His cousin was the lawyer and judge Sir Erima Northcroft. == Career ==
Career
During WWI Northcroft served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force receiving the British War Medal. His occupation at enlistment was law clerk. He then lectured in biology at Otago before gaining a Ph.D. at Victoria University College in Wellington in 1931. Between 1923 and 1929, he worked on the biology of the blackberry publishing five papers and wool fibres publishing one paper. In 1949, he returned to Dunedin where he became a general practitioner and instructor at the Otago medical school. == Personal life ==
Personal life
Northcroft was a supporter of the arts belonging to the Dunedin Public Art Gallery Association and serving on the committee of the Otago Arts Society. He died in Dunedin, on 2 June 1962. == References ==
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