Earle Northcroft

Earle Fead Northcroft (1896 – 1962) was a New Zealand botanist and physician who was a member of the 1924 Chatham Islands expedition scientific team.

[2][4] Northcroft was a member of the Otago Institute and one of two botanists who made up the scientific team on the 1924 Chatham Islands expedition.

[4] Northcroft then changed careers studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh where he graduated with an MB,ChB.

[2] In the late 1930s he left the United Kingdom for Australia joining the medical branch of the Royal Australian Air Force during WWII.

[2] His wife Brenda Guthrie Northcroft wrote several books including a biography of her husband Another beloved physician.