Ashraful Haque (botanist)
Ashraful Haque | |
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আশরাফুল হক | |
 Haque at the John Innes Centre, 1952 | |
| Born | 15 March 1919 |
| Died | 19 January 1982 (aged 62) |
| Education | Banaras Hindu University University of London |
| Known for | Contributions to cytology and entomology; Former Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh Agricultural University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany, Cytology, Entomology |
| Workplaces | University of Dhaka Bangladesh Agricultural University |
Ashraful Haque (15 March 1919 – 19 January 1982) was a Bangladeshi botanist, cytologist, and academic. He served as the Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) and was an elected Fellow of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences.[1]
Haque was a Senior Fellow at the University of Oxford from 1966 to 1967 as well as a Visiting Professor at his alma mater, Banaras Hindu University, from 1977 to 1978.[1] During the 1950s, he worked at the John Innes Horticultural Institution in the United Kingdom.[2] There, he collaborated with the British geneticist C. D. Darlington on foundational research in cytology and entomology,[1] co-authoring papers on chromosomal behavior and meiosis.[3][4]
Haque acted as the Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh Agricultural University.[1] He served as the President of the Bangladesh Botanical Society from 1979 until his death in 1982.[1] In his honor, Bangladesh Agricultural University established a residential student dormitory named "Ashraful Haque Hall" in 1982.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Prof. Dr. Ashraful Haque (Deceased) - Fellow Details". Bangladesh Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2026-08-08.
- ↑ Rayner, Michael; Damodaran, Vinita; Frogley, Mick (2023). The John Innes Cytology Department of 1952. University of Sussex. Figure. https://doi.org/10.25377/sussex.22834175.v2
- ↑ Darlington, C. D.; Haque, A. (1955). "The timing of mitosis and meiosis in Allium ascalonicum: a problem of differentiation". Heredity. 9 (1): 117–127. doi:10.1038/hdy.1955.6. Retrieved 2026-08-08.
- ↑ Darlington, C.D.; Haque, A. (2008-04-29). "Polyploidy with Chromosome Breakage at Meiosis in the Human Male". Cytogenetics. 1 (3–4): 196–198. doi:10.1159/000129728. ISSN 0011-4537.
- ↑ "Ashraful Haque Hall - Welcome message". Bangladesh Agricultural University. Retrieved 2026-08-08.
- 1919 births
- 1982 deaths
- Bangladeshi botanists
- Bangladeshi academics
- Academic staff of the University of Dhaka
- Vice-chancellors of Bangladesh Agricultural University
- Banaras Hindu University alumni
- Alumni of the University of London
- 20th-century botanists
- Presidents of the Bangladesh Botanical Society
- Bangladeshi scientist stubs