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Published: 2021-10-12
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John Berkeley James (John) Wells (1935–2018)––Life, career and remembrances

1016 Wildewood Downs Circle, Columbia, SC 29223-4433, U.S.A.
National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd (NIWA), 301 Evans Bay Parade, Greta Point, Wellington, New Zealand.
11 Signallers Grove, Strathmore Park, Wellington, New Zealand.
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Abstract

John Wells, who died at age 83 on 12 November 2018, was a research scientist, teacher, Professor of Zoology, Dean of Science at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, family man and community leader. He was a man of his time, surviving World War II, progressing to a career that stretched around the world.

 

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