Ahmed Mohiuddin (

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: احمد محی الدین) (8 January 1923 – 4 January 1998) was a noted

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, scholar and researcher of

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Early life and education

Ahmed Mohiuddin was born in

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, India, where he received his early education from Hyderabad. He obtained his MSc (

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) from

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in 1945 with distinction. In 1945 he was awarded a

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scholarship from government. He did a PhD in

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in 1948 from the

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. He returned to Hyderabad in 1948 and joined

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

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. Later he was transferred to

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, Jamshoro as chairman of the Zoology Department. In 1978, Mohiuddin joined

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as Vice Chancellor and later became Vice Chancellor of

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, Pakistan. From 1986 to 1988, he served East-West University,

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. Mohiuddin was the founder of the Pakistan Zoological Society. He was awarded a fellowship from

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and Royal Society of Tropical Medicine. Mohiuddin was a highly cited

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and

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in Pakistan. Nationally and internationally, 37 of his books have been published on science and research.

Awards and recognition

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Award by the

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in 1962

Death and legacy

Ahmed Mohiuddin died in

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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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohiuddin, Ahmed 1923 births 1998 deaths Scientists from Hyderabad, India Scientists from Karachi Pakistani biologists Pakistani zoologists Pakistani scholars Muhajir people 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