Thomas Hill Easterfield

Sir Thomas Hill Easterfield KBE was a New Zealand chemist and university professor. He was born in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England on 4 March 1866. Easterfield was one of the four founding professors of the Victoria University, Wellington. In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1938 King's Birthday Honours.