Richard Helms (12 December 1842 – 7 July 1914) was a German-born Australian naturalist whose work in botany, zoology, geology, and ethnology covered various parts of Australia and New Zealand.

[1][2] He arrived in Australia in 1858 and worked for a cousin in a Melbourne cigar shop.

He travelled to Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1862 and in 1876 began practicing as a dentist in Nelson, New Zealand.

He married in 1879 and opened a watchmaking business in Greymouth.

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