Leonard Cockayne

## Tarihin Rayuwar Leonard Cockayne
An haife shi a Sheffield dake  kasar Ingila inda ya halarci  makarantar Kwalejin Wesley . Ya yi tafiya zuwa Ostireliya a cikin shekarar (1877). Kuma ba da daɗewa ba ya wuce zuwa New Zealand inda ya zama masanin ilmin halittar tsirrai.

A cikin Yunin shekarar (1901), ya halarci taron farko na masu aikin lambu a New Zealand a garin  Dunedin inda ya gabatar da takarda game da Tsirrai na tsibirin chatham kuma ya ba da shawarar kafa tashoshin binciken tsirrai a New Zealand. Wannan ya taimaka wajen kafa sunan Cockayne.

Cockayne ya kasance memba na  Balaguron kimiya a tsibirin sub-antartic na shekarar (1907). Babban manufar balaguron shine a tsawaita binciken maganadisu na New Zealand ta hanyar binciken Auckland da tsibiran Campbell amma kuma an gudanar da binciken kimiyyar halittu, nazarin halittu da na dabbobi. Tafiyar ta kuma yi sanadin kubutar da tarkacen jirgin ruwa na *[[Dundonald (jigi)|Dundonald]]* a tsibirin Auckland.

Babban gudunmawar da Cockayne ya bayar ga ilmin halitta sun kasance a cikin ilimin halittar tsirrai da kuma a cikin ka'idodinsa na  habakawa . A cikin shekarar (1899), ya buga asusun New Zealand na farko na sauye-sauye na ciyayi. Tsakanin Shekarar (1897), da (1930), ya buga takardu 49, a cikin *[[Ma'amaloli da Gabatarwa na Royal Society of New Zealand|Ma'amaloli da Ayyukan Royal Society of New Zealand]]* . 

An zabe shi a matsayin Fellow of the Royal Society a shekara ta (1912), bisa shawarar Sir JD Hooker kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta Hector Memorial Medal a waccan shekarar. A cikin shekarar (1914) an ba shi lambar yabo ta Hutton Memorial kuma a cikin (1932), Medal Memorial Veitch na Royal Horticultural Society .

Cockayne ya yi aiki akai-akai tare da shahararrun masana ilmin halittar tsirrai  a duk faɗin duniya. Wannan ya taimaka masa wurin  sauƙaƙe buga takardun New Zealand a cikin mujallu na ketare. Ya kuma taimaka wajen kawo musu ziyara zuwa New Zealand. Johannes Paulus Lotsy, masanin ilmin halitta dan kasar Holland, yayi lacca akan wurin da ake samu a juyin halitta. Ma'auratan Sweden Einar da Greta Du Rietz sun zauna watanni shida a lokacin rani na shekarar (1926-27), suna tattarawa daga Arewa Mai Nisa zuwa tsibiran da ke ƙarƙashin ƙasa, suna ba da kulawa ta musamman ga lichens. Daraktan Kew Gardens, Sir Arthur Hill, ya zo a cikin shekara ta (1928). 

A cikin Girmama Maulidin Sarki na 1929, an nada Cockayne abokin odar St Michael da St George, don ayyukan kimiyya na girmamawa ga gwamnatin New Zealand. 

Cockayne Reserve a Christchurch, Cockayne Memorial Garden a Christchurch Botanic Gardens, Cockayne Nature Walk  kusa da Otira a Yammacin Coast, da Cockayne Lookout a Otari-Wilton's Bush ( Wellington ) sadaukarwar da yayi kawai ga 'yan asalin New Zealand shuke-shuke . Mai suna bayansa. Ɗansa Alfred Cockayne shi ma ya zama sanannen masanin ilimin halittu. 

## Littafai

* ''Tsirrai na New Zealand da Labarin su'' 1910
* *Abubuwan Lura Game da Juyin Halitta, An samo su daga Nazarin Muhalli a New Zealand*
* ''Tsire-tsire na New Zealand''
* ''Noman Tsirrai na New Zealand'' 1923
* *Bishiyoyin New Zealand* (tare da E. Phillips Turner)
* *Rahoton kan yankunan dune-yanzu na New Zealand: ilimin ƙasa, ilimin halittu da sakewa.*
* *Rahoto kan wani binciken botanical na tsibirin Stewart*

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