George Gibbs
Biography
Dr George Gibbs is a retired university lecturer, from the School of Biological Sciences at Victoria University. He obtained a PhD in insect ecology from the University of Sydney and pursued a career researching butterflies, moths and weta. He has also researched, written and lectured extensively about New Zealand's historical biogeography. He has published four books on New Zealand insects, numerous scientific papers, and the now classic volume on New Zealand biogeography 'Ghosts of Gondwana' (Potton & Burton, 2006, revised and expanded in 2016). He is G. V. Hudson's grandson.
