Bernard Aston

{{Short description|New Zealand agricultural chemist, botanist and photographer (1871–1951)}}

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Bernard Cracroft Aston {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CBE}} (9 August 1871 – 31 May 1951), also known as Barney Aston, was New Zealand's first official agricultural chemist and was also a notable botanist.{{Cite journal|last=Grimmett|first=R. E. R.|date=1949|title=Bernard Cracroft Ashton: First New Zealand Official Agricultural Chemist|url=http://www.nzsap.org/system/files/proceedings/1949/ab49002.pdf|journal=New Zealand Journal of Animal Science and Production|volume=1949|pages=10–23}} He was born in Beckenham, Kent, England, on 9 August 1871. He was a member of the 1907 Sub-Antarctic Islands Scientific Expedition.{{DNZB|last=Bailey|first=R. W.|id=3a23|title=Bernard Cracroft Aston|accessdate=23 April 2017}} He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1949 New Year Honours for services to agriculture and botany.{{London Gazette |issue=38494 |date=31 December 1948 |page=34 |supp=y }}