Thomas Brydone
Thomas Brydone was a New Zealand land-company manager, farm manager and freezing-industry developer. Born in West Linton, Peeblesshire, Scotland on 14 April 1837. Brydone working with William Soltau Davidson improved the efficacy of pre-existent refrigeration technology, creating the meat export industry between New Zealand and Britain in the 1880s.
The first shipment left Oamaru in 1881 on the Dunedin arriving in Britain on 15 February 1882, creating New Zealand's early lead in the industry. The settlement of Brydone, Southland is named after Thomas.
