MORGAN, PERCY GATES (1867-1927) was born in Tasmania, and educated at the state schools there and in New Zealand and at Otago University and School of Mines. While engaged in coalmining near Dunedin, he graduated B.A. (1890) and M.A. (1891) and was a junior University scholar. In 1895 he entered into business as a metallurgist; in 1896 he was appointed lecturer at the Thames School of Mines, and in 1897 director of the School at Waihi. He joined the Geological Survey in 1905, and became Director in 1911. He was for a few years also Under-secretary for Mines. Morgan was president of the Wellington Philosophical Society and a governor of the New Zealand Institute; a fellow of the Geological Society and the New Zealand Institute; an original member of the New Zealand Institute of Mining Engineers, and a member of the Board of Science and Art. He married (1900) Mary, daughter of Thomas Gilmour, Waihi. He died on 27 Nov 1927.

Who's Who N.Z., 1924; N.Z. Herald, 29 Nov 1927; The Dominion, 29 Nov 1927 (p).

Reference: Volume 2, page 54

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