{"id":8843,"date":"2017-01-25T16:21:55","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T15:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8843"},"modified":"2017-10-27T14:17:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T13:17:08","slug":"faniran-professor-adetoye","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/faniran-professor-adetoye\/","title":{"rendered":"FANIRAN, Prof Adetoye"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.A, Ph.D, geographer \/ geomorphologist, bom August 1, 1938, Ola, Ejigbo, Osun State; married Comfort Adewuni Omolara 1961, one son, three daughters, Education: Baptist Day School, Ota, 1946-52, Baptist Preliminary Training Centre, Awe-Oyo, 195; Government Teacher Training College, Ibadan, 1954-57, University College, Ibadan, 1961-64, The University of Sydney, New-South Wales, 1965-69; Career: Appointed Headmaster, D.C. School, Obada, Ede, 1960; Geography Teacher, Ijebu-Ode Commercial Secondary, 1961; Teacher, 1958-64; appointed Lecturer and Professor of Geography, University of Ibadan, 1968-date; Commissioner, Oyo State Government, 1977-79; Chairman, Water Corporation of Oyo State, 1984-86; mem ber,The Geographical SocietyofNew-South Wales, Australia, since 1965; member, Inter national Water Resources Association, 1975- date; member, Association for the Advance ment of Agricultural Sciences in Africa, 1980-date; fellow, Nigerian Geographical Association, 1982; West African Represen tativeon Governing Council ofthe Common wealthGeographical Bureau, 1976-84;mem ber, American WaterResources Association, 1987;AdvisoryAssociate, InternationalAs sociation of Geomorphologists; member,Ni gerian Mining Geological andMetallurgical Society; member, GrandCouncil of Confed eracy, 1988; fellow, Nigerian Geographical Association, 1982; Life Patron, Bible Soci ety ofNigeria, 1999; Traditional Title: Mayegun of Ola, Ejigbo, 1980, Atunluto of Ede, 1981; Publications: Co- author, ANew Approach to Practical Work in Geography, Heinemann, London, 1973,1977; Co-edited: Regional Planning andNational Develop ment in Tropical Africa, Ibadan University Press, 1977; Co- author, Essentials ofSoil Study, Heinemann, London, 1978; Co-au thor, Man&#8217;s Physical Environment Heinemann, London, 1980; Co&#8211;author, Hand bookfor Geography Teaching in Schools andColleges, Heinemann, Ibadan, 1981; Humid Tropical Geomorphology, Longman, London, 1983; African Landform, Heinemann, Ibadan, 1986; Urban and Re gional Planning Policy Formulation In De veloping Countries, Ibadan University Press, 1987; Hobbies: Gardening, reading, clubs and societies; Official Address: Department of Geography, University of Ibadan, Ibadan; Telephone: 022-810-2900; Home: 25, Ilaro Street, Old Bodija, Ibadan, Oyo State, PO Box 9085; Telephone: 02-810-1822.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8843","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8843","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\/8843\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8843"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}