Ahmed Mohiuddin (
: احمد محی الدین) (8 January 1923 – 4 January 1998) was a noted
scientist
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, scholar and researcher of
Pakistan
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.
Early life and education
Ahmed Mohiuddin was born in
Hyderabad
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, India, where he received his early education from Hyderabad. He obtained his MSc (
Biology
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) from
Osmania University
Osmania University is a collegiate university, collegiate Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad in 1918 , He released a farma ...
in 1945 with distinction. In 1945 he was awarded a
PhD scholarship from government. He did a PhD in
Zoology
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in 1948 from the
University of London
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. He returned to Hyderabad in 1948 and joined
Osmania University
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as an associate professor.
Career
Mohiuddin migrated to Pakistan in November 1948 and joined the Malaria Institute of Pakistan until 1952. From 1953 to 1960, he served for
Karachi University
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. Later he was transferred to
Sindh University
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, Jamshoro as chairman of the Zoology Department. In 1978, Mohiuddin joined
Quaid-e-Azam University
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Founded as the University of Islamabad in 1967, it was initially dedi ...
as Vice Chancellor and later became Vice Chancellor of
Allama Iqbal Open University
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It is named after Allama Iqbal.
The university is the world's second largest institution of higher learning, with an annual enrollment of 1,121,038 students (), the m ...
in
Islamabad
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, Pakistan. From 1986 to 1988, he served
East-West University
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Arts and entertainment
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,
Chicago
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Mohiuddin was the founder of the Pakistan Zoological Society. He was awarded a fellowship from
Pakistan Academy of Sciences
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Established in 1953 in Lahore, Punjab, the A ...
and Royal Society of Tropical Medicine.
Mohiuddin was a highly cited
biologist
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and
zoologist
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in Pakistan.
Nationally and internationally, 37 of his books have been published on science and research.
Awards and recognition
*
Pride of Performance
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Award by the
President of Pakistan in 1962
Death and legacy
Ahmed Mohiuddin died in
Atlanta
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, US on 4 January 1998 at age 74.
In recognition of his services to the field of zoology,
Zoological Society of Pakistan created the Ahmed Mohiuddin Memorial Gold Medal for talented students awarded nationally in Pakistan.
33rd Pakistan Congress of Zoology kicks off today
The Nation (newspaper), Published 2 April 2013, Retrieved 17 July 2019
References
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1923 births
1998 deaths
Scientists from Hyderabad, India
People from Karachi
Pakistani biologists
Pakistani zoologists
Pakistani scholars
Alumni of the University of London
20th-century zoologists
Pakistani people of Hyderabadi descent
Recipients of the Pride of Performance
Indian expatriates in the United Kingdom
Indian emigrants to Pakistan
Pakistani expatriates in the United States