PJB-2011-81
OBITUARY - PROF. MOHAMMED NIZAMUDDIN (11th January 1930 – 16th January 2011)
Dr. Mohammed Nizamuddin (Malick), a renowned phycologist and world authority on brown algae silently expired in the morning of Sunday, the 16th January 2011 at the residence of his youngest daughter in Karachi. May God Almighty shower his choicest blessi
Abstract
Prof. Nizmuddin was born on 11th January 1930 at Atsar, Bihar, British India as 1st son of Mr. Abdul Ghafoor a landlord of famous Malick family. During infancy he lost his father and was taken care by the sister of his father. He passed High School examination in 1945 from Kosi, Nawada, Distt. Gaya, Bihar and was married to a relative, Ms. Akhtari Jahan Begum in 1946. Then he struggled for livelihood (as school teacher) as well as further education and completed his B.Sc. degree in 1950 from Patna University, Bihar. He migrated to Pakistan and joined City High School in Karachi as a teacher. After the establishment of Karachi University in 1952 he offered his services 1952 in the administrative office. Simultaneously, he worked for his thesis in Mycology under the supervision of Prof. A.A. Anwer and obtained M.Sc. degree in Botany in 1954. Then he went to Australia and completed an excellent research work on the cytology and taxonomy of brown algae in 1960 under a renowned marine phycologist, Prof. H.B.S. Womersley and obtained in April 1961 the degree of Ph.D. from the University of Adelaide. Meanwhile, he was supporting a wife and three children (fourth child was borne after his return). This reveals his drive and struggle for education and research.
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