Geoffrey Orbell

Geoffrey Orbell
MBE
Born
Geoffrey Buckland Orbell

(1908-10-07)7 October 1908
Pukeuri, New Zealand
Died14 August 2007(2007-08-14) (aged 98)
Dunedin, New Zealand
OccupationDoctor
Known forRediscovery of the takahē
RelativesRachel Buckland (mother)

Geoffrey Buckland Orbell MBE (7 October 1908 – 14 August 2007) was a New Zealand doctor and keen hunter and tramper (bush walker) who was responsible for the rediscovery of the takahē in 1948.

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