Neil James CherryONZM (29 September 1946 – 24 May 2003) was a New Zealand environmental scientist.
Biography
Early life and family
Cherry was born in Christchurch on 29 September 1946.[1] His parents were James Conrad Cherry and Mona Hartley, who had married in 1940.[2] Cherry could trace his ancestry back to the Cressy, one of the First Four Ships that started the settlement of Canterbury.[2]
Cherry was educated at Christchurch Technical College, and went on to study physics at the University of Canterbury, graduating BSc(Hons) in 1969 and PhD in 1971.[1] His doctoral thesis, supervised by R.G.T. Bennett and G.J. Fraser, was titled A study of wind and waves.[3]
In 1968, Cherry married Gae Denise Miller, and the couple went on to have two children.[1]
At the 1987 election he stood for the Labour Party in the Christchurch electorate of Fendalton. He boosted Labour's vote by 6.73%, but fell 311 votes short of defeating the incumbent MP Philip Burdon.[4] Ahead of the 1990 election he put himself forward to replace former Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer as the Labour candidate for Christchurch Central. He lost out on the Labour nomination to Lianne Dalziel but was, by his own estimation, the second preference and pledged to campaign for Dalziel.[5]
Cherry, Neil (2002). "Schumann Resonances, a plausible biophysical mechanism for the human health effects of Solar". Natural Hazards. 26 (3): 279–331. doi:10.1023/A:1015637127504. S2CID 14949493.
White, Warren B.; Cherry, Neil J. (1999). "Influence of the Antarctic Circumpolar Wave upon New Zealand temperature and precipitation during autumn–winter". Journal of Climate. 12 (4): 960–976. Bibcode:1999JCli...12..960W. doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<0960:IOTACW>2.0.CO;2. hdl:10182/3714. S2CID 52108394.
Cooper, Duncan; Hemmings, Karla; Saunders, Pat; Cherry, Neil; Dolk, Helen (2001). "Re:"Cancer incidence near radio and television transmitters in Great Britain. I. Sutton Coldfield transmitter; II. All high power transmitters"". American Journal of Epidemiology. 153 (2): 202–205. doi:10.1093/aje/153.2.202. PMID 11159167.
Trought, M.C.T.; Howell, G.S.; Cherry, Neil J. (1999). Practical considerations for reducing frost damage in vineyards (PDF). Report to New Zealand Winegrowers.
^ a bHunt, Dorothy (28 March 2003). "Neil Cherry ONZM – his life and work: Part 1". NZine. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
^Cherry, N.J. (1971). A study of winds and waves (Doctoral thesis). UC Research Repository, University of Canterbury. doi:10.26021/8139. hdl:10092/13505.
^Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington Press. p. 225. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
^Malthus, Nigel (20 September 1990). "Cherry says he was 'runner-up'". The Press. p. 7.
^"Obituary: Dr Neil Cherry". The New Zealand Herald. 30 May 2003. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
^"New Year honours list 2002". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2001. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
External links
Profile (archived on 10 August 2003)
Life story (15 parts) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]