Harvey Turner
Auctioneer, horticultural wholesaler and distributor, businessman
Intro | Auctioneer, horticultural wholesaler and distributor, businessman | |
Places | New Zealand | |
was | Horticulturist | |
Work field | Biology | |
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Birth | 1 January 1889 | |
Death | 31 December 1983 (aged 95 years) |
Sir Harvey Turner CBE (11 September 1889 – 31 December 1983) was a New Zealand auctioneer, horticultural wholesaler and distributor, businessman. He was born in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1889.
In the 1953 Coronation Honours Turner was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He was made a Knight Bachelor for services to the fruit and produce industry in the 1967 New Year Honours. He died in Auckland in 1983, and was buried at Purewa Cemetery.