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Bernard Aston
New Zealand agricultural chemist, botanist and photographer (1871–1951) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bernard Cracroft Aston CBE (9 August 1871 – 31 May 1951), also known as Barney Aston, was New Zealand's first official agricultural chemist and was also a notable botanist.[1] He was born in Beckenham, Kent, England, on 9 August 1871. He was a member of the 1907 Sub-Antarctic Islands Scientific Expedition.[2] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1949 New Year Honours for services to agriculture and botany.[3]

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