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Prof James Edward Nichols FRSE (1902–1972) was a Welsh geneticist.

Life

He was born in Southport in Lancashire on 22 November 1902.

He was educated at Carlisle Grammar School then studied at Durham University graduating BSc in 1923 and MSc in 1924. He then went to Edinburgh University as a postgraduate gaining a doctorate (PhD) in 1927.[1]

In 1928, aged only 26, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Francis Albert Eley Crew, James Hartley Ashworth, James Ritchie and John Stephenson.[1]

In 1935, aged only 33, he became Professor of Agriculture at the University of West Australia. He returned to Edinburgh in 1939 as Director of the Centre for Animal Breeding and Genetics. In 1946 he moved to Wales as Professor of Agriculture at Aberystwyth University College.

He retired in 1970 and died on 28 March 1972.

Publications

  • A Study of Empire Wool Production (1932)
  • Livestock Improvement in Relation to Heredity and Environment (1957)

References

  1. ^ a b Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.



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