Ebenezer Laing | |
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| Born | 28 June 1931 |
| Died | 19 April 2015 (aged 83) |
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| Institutions | University of Ghana, Legon |
| Doctoral advisor | Ronald Fisher |
Ebenezer Laing, FGA, FAAS, OV (28 June 1931 – 19 April 2015) was a Ghanaian botanist and geneticist who served as the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Legon.[1][2][3] He was a professor at the University of Ghana, Legon, and later an emeritus professor.[1][4] Laing, together with his university and faculty colleague, George C. Clerk (1931–2019), was one of the first Ghanaian academics to specialise in botany as a scientific discipline and contributed significantly to the growth of the field in Ghana.[2][3][5][6][7][8] He was also a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, inducted in 1965.[9][10] In 1985, he was elected an inaugural Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences.[11]
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- ^ a b "Contact Us | Department of Botany". 29 March 2017. Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "More funding needed for public tertiary education in Ghana - Prof Laing". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "12 Amazing Ghanaian Achievements In The Field Of Science And The People Behind Them". OMGVoice.com. 12 September 2017. Archived from the original on 27 November 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ Burial and Thanksgiving Service for the late Professor Emeritus George Carver Clerk, FGA (1931–2019) (PDF). Accra: Akuafo Hall Chapel, University of Ghana, Legon. June 2019. pp. 6–41.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help)[permanent dead link] - ^ "In memoriam: George Carver Clerk, 87". Nature Research Ecology & Evolution Community. 13 June 2019. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ "Obituary of George Carver Clerk, 1931–2019" (PDF). ISPP Newsletter. 49 (7). International Society for Plant Pathology: 5. July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Membership". gaas-gh.org. Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Fellowship". gaas-gh.org. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Laing Ebenezer | The AAS". www.aasciences.africa. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
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