John Ellwood Jackson

Background

Jackson, John Ellwood was born on November 3, 1934 in Cockermouth, Cumberland, England. Son of John Edmund and Esther (Ellwood) Jackson.

Education

Bachelor of Science with 1st class honors, Nottingham (England) University, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, Nottingham (England) University, 1958.

Career

Smuts visiting fellow in commonwealth studies, U. Cambridge, 1962-1963; plant physiologist, Min. Agriculture Suday, Wad Medani, 1958-1962; senior plant physiologist, Min. Agriculture Suday, Wad Medani, 1963-1965; research scientist, East Malling Research Station, Maidstone, England, 1965-1967; head pomology department, East Malling Research Station, Maidstone, England, 1967-1977; deputy director, East Malling Research Station, Maidstone, England, 1974-1985; head crop production and plant science, East Malling Research Station, Maidstone, England, 1983-1985; acting director, East Malling Research Station, Maidstone, England, 1986-1987; officer-in-charge, Horticultural Research Center, Marondera, Zimbabwe, 1988-1997.

Consultant Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), Rome, 1985, ICRAF, Nairobi, Kenya, 1983, 87, Malawi, 1995;lecturer in field.

Achievements

• John Ellwood Jackson has been listed as a notable crop scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Institute Biology, Institute Horticulture. Member International Society for Horticultural Science (past vice chairman fruit section, chairman orchard and plantation system working group 1976-1996).

Interests

• Avocations: mountaineering, traveling.

Connections

Married Barbara Walsh, July 19, 1958. Children: Robert Ian, Paul William, Margaret Gillian Claire, Katherine Elisabeth Annual.

Father:

John Edmund Jackson

Mother:

Esther (Ellwood) Jackson

Spouse:

Barbara Walsh

child:

Katherine Elisabeth Annual Jackson

child:

Paul William Jackson

child:

Margaret Gillian Claire Jackson

child:

Robert Ian Jackson