Background
Shaxson, Thomas Francis was born on May 25, 1933 in Harting, Sussex, England. Son of Thomas Ronald and Helen Louise (Hermes) Shaxson.
Shaxson, Thomas Francis was born on May 25, 1933 in Harting, Sussex, England. Son of Thomas Ronald and Helen Louise (Hermes) Shaxson.
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with honors, Wye, England, 1955; diploma in tropical agriculture, Imperial College Tropical Agriculture, 1958; Master of Science in Agronomy, Cornell Univercity, 1956.
Soil conservation officer, Nyasaland/Malawi Government, Blantyre, Malawi, 1958-1961; research agronomist, Tea Research Foundation Control Africa, Mulanje, Malawi, 1961-1968; principal land husbandry officer, Overseas Development Administration of United Kingdom Government and Government Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi, 1968-1976; British team's leader land husbandry, Overseas Development Administration United Kingdom Government, Indore, India, 1976-1980; chief technical adviser in land husbandry, Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nations, Brasilia, Brazil, 1981-1988; and, Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nations, Maseru, Lesotho., 1988-1991; independent consultant in land husbandry agronomy, Broadstone, United Kingdom, since 1991.
Member Association for Better Land Husbandry (chairman since 1993).
Married Annabel Louise Hoyle, September 3, 1961. Children: Louise Janet, Nicholas Thomas.
