June 30, 2026 • 11 mins
Sir Theodore Rigg was Cawthron Institute's longest-serving director, He lead an amazing life, from managing orphanages during the Bolshevik revolution in Russia to transformational research in soil science and applied chemistry. After the death of his first wife he married Dr Kathleen Curtis, the first woman to be elected a Fellow of the NZ Royal Society.
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