Professor Mohamed Osman Khidir
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In honour of

Professor Mohamed Osman Khidir

Teacher, scholar and mentor. A life devoted to knowledge and to those who sought it.

Scholarship is the one inheritance that grows each time it is shared.

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Placeholder portrait of Professor Mohamed Osman Khidir
Khartoum, 1998
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A life in chapters

Each decade of his life, drawn from the record of his education, appointments and honours.

Chapter I

1950–1959

  1. 1958–1962

    [Placeholder] B.Sc. (Agriculture)

    Education University of Khartoum

“[Placeholder] Knowledge is the light we pass on.”

[Placeholder] Lecture notes

Chapter II

1960–1969

  1. 1963–1965

    [Placeholder] M.Sc. (Agronomy)

    Education [Placeholder] University of Reading

  2. 1966–1969

    [Placeholder] Ph.D. (Crop Physiology)

    Education [Placeholder] University of California, Davis

  3. 1969–1975

    [Placeholder] Lecturer in Agronomy

    Appointment University of Khartoum

“[Placeholder] He taught us how to ask the right questions.”

[Placeholder] A former student, Tribute

Chapter III

1970–1979

  1. 1975–1982

    [Placeholder] Associate Professor of Agronomy

    Appointment University of Khartoum

  2. 1979–1986

    [Placeholder] Founding editor, Sudan Journal of Agricultural Research

    Achievement [Placeholder] Sudanese Society of Agronomy

Placeholder photo 1 from [Placeholder] In the field
Wad Madani, 1972

“[Placeholder] A field is read slowly, season by season, like a book.”

[Placeholder] Essay

Chapter IV

1980–1989

  1. 1982–2005

    [Placeholder] Professor of Agronomy

    Appointment University of Khartoum

  2. 1986

    [Placeholder] Order of Merit in Science

    Award [Placeholder] Republic of Sudan

  3. 1988–1994

    [Placeholder] Dean, Faculty of Agriculture

    Leadership University of Khartoum

Placeholder photo 4 from [Placeholder] In the field
Wad Madani, 1981

Chapter V

1990–1999

  1. 1990–1998

    [Placeholder] Member, National Council for Research

    Leadership [Placeholder] Republic of Sudan

  2. 1991

    [Placeholder] Distinguished Teaching Award

    Award University of Khartoum

  3. 1995

    [Placeholder] Fellow

    Award [Placeholder] African Academy of Sciences

Placeholder photo 1 from [Placeholder] Lecture halls and students
Khartoum, 1990

Chapter VI

2000–2009

  1. 2005–present

    [Placeholder] Professor Emeritus

    Appointment University of Khartoum

  2. 2005

    [Placeholder] Lifetime Achievement in Agronomy

    Award [Placeholder] Sudanese Society of Agronomy

Placeholder photo 3 from [Placeholder] Lecture halls and students
Khartoum, 2004

Chapter VII

2010–2019

  1. 2010

    [Placeholder] Honorary Doctorate

    Award [Placeholder] University of Gezira

  2. 2014

    [Placeholder] Mentor of the Year

    Award [Placeholder] Association of Agricultural Graduates

Placeholder photo 4 from [Placeholder] Lecture halls and students
Khartoum, 2011

His work in numbers

Publications
16
Years of teaching
36
Awards and honours
6

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His lessons continue in every student he taught.