1843 - 1903
Laurence Cussen New Zealander Geologist
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| First Name |
Laurence
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| Last Name |
Cussen
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| Birthday |
1st October, 1843
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| Birthplace |
Rockhill, County Limerick, Ireland
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| Died |
9th November, 1903
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| Zodiac Sign |
Libra
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| Nationality |
New Zealander
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| Occupation Text |
Surveyor
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| Occupation |
Geologist
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Laurence Cussen (1 October 1843 – 9 November 1903) was a pioneering surveyor and geologist. He was born in Rockhill, two kilometres southwest of Bruree County Limerick, Ireland on 1 October 1843, to John Sandes Cussen and Catherine
Carroll. He was educated at St Stanislaus College Jesuit school at Tullabeg, Co. Offaly. He worked for a time with the East India Company before moving to New Zealand. William Cussen his brother, also worked as a surveyor, and both of them played some rugby while in Auckland. From 1876 he spent 15 years triangulating a large part of the former Auckland Province. He published many research papers including early documentation of Māori people and was a member of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia.
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