Ebenezer Laing, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ebenezer Laing

Ghanaian botanist

Date of Birth: 28-Jun-1931

Place of Birth: Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana

Date of Death: 19-Apr-2015

Profession: botanist

Nationality: Ghana

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Ebenezer Laing, (28 June 1931 – 19 April 2015) was a Ghanaian botanist and geneticist who served as the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Legon.
He was a professor at the University of Ghana, Legon, and later an emeritus professor.
Laing, together with his university classmate and faculty colleague, George C.
Clerk (1931–2019), was one of the first Ghanaian academics to specialise in botany as a scientific discipline and contributed significantly to the growth of the field in Ghana.
He was also a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, inducted in 1965.
In 1985, he was elected an inaugural Fellow of the African Academy Sciences.