About Syed Irtafaq Ali
Lived 1930 – 2021 (aged 90–91). Syed Irtafaq Ali was a botanist.
Syed Irtafaq Ali (1930–2021) was a Pakistani botanist and plant taxonomist who served as vice chancellor of the University of Karachi from 1990 to 1994.
Life Irtafaq Ali was born in Lucknow in 1930. He attended the University of Allahabad, where he earned a BSc in 1950 and an MSc in botany in 1952. After moving to Pakistan, he completed a PhD in botany at the University of London in 1958 and a DSc there in 1979.
He joined the University of Karachi as a lecturer in botany in 1958 and later served as chairman of the Department of Botany, dean of the Faculty of Science, and vice chancellor. From 1972 to 1976, he was a professor of botany at the University of Tripoli.
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Pakistani botanist (1930–2021)
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Syed Irtafaq Ali died in 2021.
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Syed Irtafaq Ali was a botanist.
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