John Child

John Child studied economics at both the University of Otago and Oxford University. He then spent ten years lecturing at the University of New South Wales, in Sydney. During this time he pursued his interest in natural history, and wrote a number of introductory books on plants and animals of Australia. Since his return to New Zealand in 1967 he has written a number of books on New Zealand natural history. He collaborated with K. W. Allison in The Mosses of New Zealand, University of Otago Press, 1971.