Peter Nye

Peter Hague Nye FRS (16 September 1921 – 13 February 2009) was a British soil scientist.

Peter Nye
Born1921 Edit this on Wikidata
Died13 February 2009 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 87–88)
Alma mater

He was educated at Charterhouse School, Balliol College, Oxford and Christ's College, Cambridge.[1]

He was a Lecturer in Soil Science at the University College of Ibadan, Nigeria from 1950 to 1952, and then a Senion Lecturer in Soil Science at the University of Ghana from 1952 to 1960. He was a Reader in Soil Science at the University of Oxford from 1961 to 1988 where he was a Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford. He was Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1987.[2] He delivered a Messenger Lecture at Cornell University in 1989.[3]

References
  1. "Nye, Peter Hague, (16 Sept. 1921–13 Feb. 2009), Reader in Soil Science, University of Oxford, 1961–88; Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford, 1966–88 (Senior Fellow, 1982–83), then Emeritus Fellow." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 1 Apr. 2018
  2. "Prof. Peter Nye FRS". British Society of Soil Science. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  3. "University and Messenger Lectures (1960-Present)". Cornell University. Retrieved 1 April 2018.


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