Background
Brodie, James William was born on October 7, 1920 in Bebington, Cheshire, England. Son of James T. Fielding and Isabella (Garner) Brodie.
Brodie, James William was born on October 7, 1920 in Bebington, Cheshire, England. Son of James T. Fielding and Isabella (Garner) Brodie.
Bachelor of Science, University New Zealand, 1945. Master of Science in Geology, University New Zealand, 1949.
Director New Zealand Oceanographic Institute 1954-1977. Director Fisheries Research Division, New Zealand Marine Department 1963-1967. Consultant on Marine Sciences, UNESCO.
S.E. Asia, I’aris, Indonesia 1965-1979, Marine Science Adviser for S.E. Asia, Jakarta, Indonesia 1978-1979, Chairman West Pacific Oceanographic Workshop, Tokyo 1979. Chairman Technology Advisory Group, S. Pacific Offshore Prospecting, ESCAP 1975, 1976, 1978, Chairman Marine Geoscience Symposium, Suva, Fiji 1976. President Geological Society of New Zealand 1960-1961, New Zealand Marine Sciences Society 1966-1967.
Honorary Librarian Royal Society of New Zealand 1965-1978, Home Secretary 1983-1987, Vice-President 1986-1987.
Editor New Zealand Stamp Collector, 1980-1985. Editor, public New Zealand Society of Friends history publications, since 1988. Author books, monographs and journal articles on geological and marine science topics and on historical and biographical subjects.
Board of Trustees, National Art Gallery and Museum since 1982, Project Development Board, Museum of New Zealand since 1988.
Archaeology, historical research.
Married Audrey Jacobsen, 1945 (deceased January 1996). Children: James Sheldon, Philip Quentin.
