George Carver Clerk | |
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 G. C. Clerk in 2011 | |
| Born | 29 July 1931 Accra, Gold Coast |
| Died | 2 May 2019 (aged 87) Accra, Ghana |
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| Thesis | Studies on the survival and germination of conidia of three entomogenous fungi (1963) |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Francis Madelin |
| Other academic advisors | Ronald Karslake Starr Wood |
| Doctoral students | Christine Amoako-Nuamah |
| Other notable students | George Tawia Odamtten |
George Carver Clerk, FGA (29 July 1931 – 2 May 2019) was a Ghanaian botanist and plant pathologist.[1][2][3] A professor and later, an emeritus professor at the University of Ghana, Legon, he also focused his research on West African mycology and ecology.[1][2][3] Clerk, along with his academic contemporary Ebenezer Laing (1931–2015), was one of Ghana's earliest practitioners of botany as a scientific discipline, in addition to his pioneering role as a plant pathologist in West Africa.[4][5][6][7][8] In 1973, G. C. Clerk became a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences.[2][3]
- ^ a b "Contact Us | Department of Botany". www.ug.edu.gh. Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
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- ^ a b c "Fellowship". gaas-gh.org. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ^ Clerk, George Carver (1974). Crops and their diseases in Ghana. Ghana Pub. Corp. pp. iii.
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- ^ "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.