Donald Petrie (1846–1925)

Scottish teacher, school inspector, and botanist. Attended the University of Aberdeen. Moved to Melbourne, Australia, in 1867 to teach at the Scotch College. Inspector of schools with the provincial government in Otago, New Zealand, 1873; with the national government, 1877; with the Auckland Education Board, 1894–1910. Member of the Otago Institute, 1874. Carried out a systematic study of the flora of New Zealand. Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, 1886.