About Caleb Olaniyan
Caleb Olaniyan was a Nigerian zoologist and academic.
Caleb Olaniyan is a Nigerian Professor of Zoology, and former President of the Nigerian Academy of Science.
In 1989, he was elected President of the Nigerian Academy of Science to succeeded Professor Ifedayo Oladapo. Education Olaniyan (full name Caleb Isaac Olawale Olaniyan) was born on 6 February 1930 in Efon Alaye. He attended Christ's School, Ado-Ekiti (1942–43), and Government College, Ibadan (1944–48), before studying at University College, Ibadan (1949–55) and Queen Mary College, University of London (1956–57), earning B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees. Olaniyan authored Introduction to West African Animal Ecology (Heinemann Educational Books, 1968).
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