{{Short description|New Zealand teacher, agricultural instructor, scientific administrator (1891–1980)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=December 2017}} thumb|right|Callaghan in 1936 '''Francis Raymond Callaghan''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|ISO}} (15 April 1891 – 10 March 1980) was a New Zealand teacher, agricultural instructor and scientific administrator.

Callaghan was born on 15 April 1891 at Lincoln. He completed a master's thesis at Canterbury University College in 1914.<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Callaghan |first=Francis |year=1914 |type=Masters thesis |title=The course of land values in Canterbury from the formation of the province till the present time. |publisher=UC Research Repository, University of Canterbury |hdl=10092/3979 |doi=10.26021/5376 |url=https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/3979}}</ref>

He succeeded Ernest Marsden as secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR). He was president of the Royal Society of New Zealand. He retired in 1953 and was appointed a Companion of the Imperial Service Order in the 1953 Coronation Honours.<ref>{{London Gazette | issue=39866 |date=1 June 1953 |page=3005 |supp=y}}</ref> He also received the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Alister |last2=Coddington |first2=Deborah |authorlink1=Alister Taylor |authorlink2=Deborah Coddington |title=Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand |year=1994 |publisher=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa |location=Auckland |isbn=0-908578-34-2 |page=88}}</ref>

Callaghan died on 10 March 1980 in the Christchurch suburb of Halswell.<ref name="DNZB Callaghan">{{DNZB|Galbreath|Ross|4c1|Francis Raymond Callaghan|10 September 2016}}</ref>

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