The Counterfeit Seal: A Tale of Otago's First Settlers

Robert Noble Adams (1875-1958) was born in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, educated at the Boys' High School, and subsequently at the University of Otago, where he also studied surgery and medicine, and received his degrees. In 1901, he was appointed house surgeon to the Auckland Hospital, and was subsequently engaged in locum tenens work in Otago. He was surgeon-captain of the Takaka Mounted Rifles, and was surgeon of the local lodges and courts of the Oddfellows, Druids, and Foresters.