| Activity | After serving in the military in several capacities and rising to the rank of captain, Hutton retired from service in 1865 and emigrated to New Zealand the following year. There he rose to the first rank among New Zealand naturalists, carving out a solid reputation in the fields of zoology and geology (and to a somewhat lesser degree, botany), and becoming a noted teacher, administrator, and philosophical scientist. He was an early and avid supporter of Darwinian selection principles, and used these to help explain the biogeographical and evolutionary origins of elements of the New Zealand biota. Hutton published more than six hundred works over the length of his career.
1855-1865: serves in the British army. 1860 made a fellow of the Geological Society. 1866 moves to New Zealand. 1871-1874 assistant geologist, New Zealand Geological Survey, Wellington. 1872 made a corresponding member of the Zoological Society of London. 1874 made provincial geologist of Otago; also made lecturer in geology at the University and curator of the museum. 1877-1880 professor of natural science, Otago University. 1880-1893 professor of biology, Canterbury College. 1892 elected a fellow of the Royal Society of London. 1893-1905 curator of the Canterbury Museum, New Zealand. 1899 publishes his Darwinism and Lamarckism: Old and New. 1902 Hobart meeting president, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. 1903-1904 president of the New Zealand Institute. 1904 made a life member of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science [Source: Wikipedia] |