Category:Leonard Cockayne

**Leonard Cockayne**
	New Zealand botanist and botanical collector (1855–1934)
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Name in native language	Leonard Cockayne;
Date of birth	7 April 1855; Norton Lees
Date of death	8 July 1934; Wellington
Country of citizenship	United Kingdom; New Zealand; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927, –1927);
Educated at	Wesley College, Sheffield; Victoria University of Manchester (1872–1874);
Occupation	botanist; horticulturist; explorer; photographer; botanical collector;
Member of	Royal Society;
Position held	President of the Royal Society of New Zealand (1918–1920);
Child	Alfred Hyde Cockayne;
Award received	Fellow of the Royal Society; Darwin Medal (1928); Hector Medal (1912); Veitch Memorial Medal (1932); Mueller Medal (1928); Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi (1919); Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George; Fellow of the Linnean Society of London;
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Dr Leonard Cockayne FRS (7 April 1855 – 8 July 1934) was born in Sheffield, England where he attended Wesley College. He travelled to Australia in 1877 and shortly moved on to New Zealand where he became established as a botanist.