Thomas Hill Easterfield
New Zealand chemist and university professor
Died when: 82 years 362 days (995 months)Star Sign: Pisces
Sir Thomas Hill Easterfield KBE (4 March 1866 – 1 March 1949) was a New Zealand chemist and university professor.He was born in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, on 4 March 1866.
Easterfield was one of the four founding professors at Victoria University College in Wellington and director of the Cawthron Institute in Nelson from 1919 to 1933.
His wife, Anna Maria Kunigunda Easterfield, was from Bavaria and their daughter Dr Helen Deem, was known for her work in child health and welfare.
Another daughter, Theodora Hall, was also a doctor.In 1935, Easterfield was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1938 King's Birthday Honours.
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