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Famous Jamaican Scientists
Dreamers Among Us - The Father of Jamaican Cattle
1970: Dr. Thomas Lecky (centre), pioneer in cattle breeding, receiving the first Noman Manley Award for Excellence, an illuminated scroll, from Mrs. Edna Manley. Prime Minister, the Hon. Hugh Shearer, applauds. |
DR. THE HON. THOMAS P. LECKY, PH.D., O.M., O. J., O.B.E.
Tp lecky biography
(1904-1994)
By Dr. Rebecca Tortello
Thomas Lecky, was born on a small farm in Portland in 1904. The first Jamaican to receive a Ph.D.in agriculture, his work would revolutionize the Jamaican dairy industry and improve the lives of countless small farmers.
Young T.P.
received a merit scholarship to attend the Farm School at Hope Gardens in St. Andrew (now part of the College of Arts and Sciences, CASE, Portland). From an early age T.P. was closely attuned to the challenges of small farming having watched his father lose his banana crop as a result of hurricanes three years in a row.
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