B.Sc, Ph.D, agricultural entomologist and univer sity teacher, born April 7, 1937, Abari, Bomodi, Delta State; married Mary Tunde Egbele 1959, three sons, two daughters; Education: Government School, Warri, Government College, Ughelli, 1952-59, Uni versity ofIbadan, 1959-62; Rothamsted Ex perimental Station, Harpenden, UK, 1964- 67; Career: Appointed Research En tomologist, Cocoa Research Institute ofNi geria, 1964-69; Research Associate, Interna tional Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecol ogy, Nairobi, Kenya, 1973-76; Training Con- sultant. Food and Agricultural Organisation ofthe United Nations, Rome, Italy, 1979-84; member, Food and Agricultural Organisation/United Nations Environment Programme Panel of Experts on Integrated Pest Control. 1982-90; Lecturer, University of Ibadan, 1969-71; SeniorLecturer, Univer sity of Ibadan and later appointed Professor of Agricultural Entomology, Department of Agricultural Biology, University of Ibadan; member, Nigerian Institute of Management; fellow, Science Association ofNigeria; fel low, African Academy of Sciences; fellow. Royal Entomological Society. London; Pub lications: ALaboratory Manual ofEntomol ogy. Oxford University Press; Ibadan, 1971; Dissertation of the Variegated Grasshop per. Zo'nocerus Variegatus. Oxford Univer sity Press, Ibadan, 1974: Editor, Directory ofNigerian Entomology, Entomological So ciety ofNigeria, 1975; Co-editor, Pesticide Usage in Nigeria, Entomological Society of Nigeria, 1977; Editor, Entomology and the Nigerian Economy. Entomological Society ofNigeria, 1977; Insects andNigerians: The Struggle for Existence, University of Ibadan.- Inaugural Lecture, 1977; Our Com mon Insects, University Press, Ibadan 1977; New Experimental Science Books 14. Macmillan, Ibadan, 1978; Teachers Guide to New Experimental Science, Macmillan, Ibadan, 1979; Macmillan Primary Science Readers Books 14, Macmillan, Ibadan, 1979; Pest and Vector Management in the Tropics, Longman, UK, 1983; Test Yourselfin Tropi cal Agricultural Science, Spectrum Books, Ibadan, 1984; Primary Sciencefor Nigerian Schools Books 1-6; Teachers Guide to Pri mary Science Books I and 2, Heinemann, Ibadan, 1984; 1986/87; Longman Primary Science Books 1-6 and Teachers' Guide Books 1-6, Longman, Lagos, 1984; Co-edi tor, Introduction to Tropical Agriculture, Longman, 1986; Junior Secondaiy Agricul ture for Nigerian Schools Books 1-3, West African Books, Lagos, 1986; Fourth Dimen sion Native Discovery Series Books 1-5, Fourth Dimension, Enugu, 1987; Beginnig to Learn Science, Books 1-3, Macmillan, Ibadan, 1987; Hobbies: photography, writ ing science books for children, book design and production; Official Address: Depart ment ofAgricultural Biology, University of Ibadan; Telephone: 022-400550 extension 1057; Home: 2 Imo Street, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State; Telephone: 022- 400550 extension 1794
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