New zealand botanist (1920–1999).
Anthony Peter "Tony" Druce (June 18, 1920 – March 15, 1999) was a New Zealand botanist. He is considered the preeminent field botanist of New Zealand for the twentieth century. Tony was born in Kumeroa. He attended Canterbury University College from 1939 to 1942, before he worked on radar in Auckland during World War II. In 1947, he joined DSIR's Botany Division, where he was given a technical role due to his lack of formal education. In 1957, he published Botanical survey of an experimental catchment, Taita, New Zealand, which "was the most detailed study of the history and dynamics of a smal