Prof James Edward Nichols FRSE (22 November 1902 – 28 March 1972) was a Welsh geneticist.

Life

He was born in

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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 the

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as a postgraduate gaining a doctorate (PhD) in 1927. In 1928, aged 26, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were

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, James Ritchie and John Stephenson. In 1935, aged 33, he became Professor of Agriculture at the

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. He returned to

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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

1902 births 1972 deaths People from Aberystwyth Welsh geneticists Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of Armstrong College, Durham {{UK-scientist-stub