{"id":6959,"date":"2016-11-28T10:50:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T09:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=6959"},"modified":"2017-11-28T11:09:20","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T10:09:20","slug":"bafor-prof-benson-esimaje","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/bafor-prof-benson-esimaje\/","title":{"rendered":"BAFOR, Prof. Benson Esimaje"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, DIPM, M.Sc, Ph.D. university teacher, geologist; b: September 18, 1941, ht: Ebrohimi lga: Warri-North; so: Delta; m: Maureen E. Woghiren, 1970; nc twos, two d; ed: Sapele Boys&#8217; Academy, Sapele, Delta State, 1951-55 Government College, Ughelli, Delta State, 1955-62; University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, 1965-66; University of Ibadan, Oyo State, 1966-69; International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Science, 1971-73; University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1979. cr: Head, Department of Geology, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, 1982-84; 1987-89; 1993-97; mem. Council, Petroleum Training Institute, Warri, Delta State 1983-86; Dean, Students&#8217; Affairs, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, 1988-92; Dean, School of Post-Graduate Studies, University of Benin, since 1997; mm., Royal Geological and Mining Society of the Netherlands, since 1972, Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, London, since 1974,Science Association of Nigeria, since 1982; f., Nigerian Mining and Geoscience Society, since 1989; Nigerian representative on the International Geological Correlation Programme, Project 217, 1985-89; co-leader, International Geological Correlation Programme, Project 234, 1988-92; presd. Nigerian Mining and Geoscience Society, 1997-99; mm. New York Academy of Science, since 1997. hob: gardening, lawn tennis, off: School of Post-Graduate Studies, University of Benin, P.M.B 1154, Benin, Edo State, tel: 052-602121. res: PI5, Senior Staff Quarters, University of Benin, Ugbowo Campus, Benin City, Edo State, tel: 052-600518.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-6959","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/6959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/6959\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6959"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=6959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}