Sydney Skaife

**Sydney Harold Skaife** ('Stacey') D.Sc. FRSSAf.  (12 Disemba 1889 - 6 Nọvemba 1976) bụ onye ama ama na South Africa na-amụ banyere ụmụ ahụhụ na ihe ndị e kere eke. Ọrụ ya na akwụkwọ agụmakwụkwọ ndị o bipụtara metụtara mpaghara sara mbara. Karịsịa n'afọ ndị ikpeazụ ya, isi mmasị nnyocha ya bụ na ụmụ ahụhụ na-emekọrịta ihe nakwa usoro mgbanwe ndị dị na mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya, ọkachasị na Hymenoptera na Isoptera.   O dere akwụkwọ akụkọ ndị nchọpụta site na iji pseudoynm **Hendrik Brand**.

Ọ bụkwa onye nlekọta ụlọ akwụkwọ, onye dere akwụkwọ sayensị na akwụkwọ ndị a ma ama ọfụma, onye mgbasa ozi n'ikuku na onye na-echekwa ihe. N'ime ọtụtụ ihe ọ rụzuru, ihe kachasị ukwuu ya bụ ma eleghị anya ọrụ ya n'idu na nkepụta Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve n'etiti Cape Town na Cape Point. Ọ biri ihe ka ukwuu n'oge ndụ ya na Hout Bay na Cape Peninsula.

## Oge ọ malitere
A mụrụ Skaife na London, England, nye Katherine na John Skaife. Ọ nọrọ n'oge ọ bụ nwata na Bath, Somerset wee gaa St Marks Grammar School. Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na Mahadum Reading, England, ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ mbụ na nkà, ọ bụ ezie na mmasị ya dị na Biology. N'afọ 1911, o lere ule Intermediate BA nke Mahadum London n'ihi na Reading n'oge ahụ abụghị mahadum mere na ha enweghị ike inye nzere. Mgbe ahụ, ọ gụrụ maka diplọma onye nkuzi ma gafee ya n'ụzọ dị iche.

N'afọ 1912, ọ gara Mahadum Leipzig na Germany, na agbamume nke nwanne nna ya. Ọ nọrọ n'ezinụlọ Schober. N'oge a, ọ kụziri asụsụ Bekee iji nwetakwuo ego.

N'afọ 1913, ọ gara Cape Town ịkụzi ihe ọmụmụ ihe ndị dị ndụ na Rondebosch Boys High School. Mgbe Agha Ụwa Mbụ tiwapụrụ n'afọ 1914, ọ nwara ịbanye n'ọrụ, mana a jụrụ ya n'ihi ọrịa n'ihi obi na-akụ ya n'ụzọ na-adịghị mma, nke e mesịrị chọpụta na ọ dịghị emerụ ahụ.

E nyere ya ma ọrụ na nabata ya dị ka onye na-ahụ maka ụmụ ahụhụ na Rosebank Research Station dị na Cape Town. N'ebe a, ọ rụrụ ọrụ n'ụmụ ahụhụ ndị na-eri ọka echekwara. Nke a bụ nsogbu dị ngwa n'oge ahụ, ebe ọ bụ na a na-echekwa nnukwu ọka na Cape dị ka mbọ a na-agba maka agha.

## Ọrụ ya mgbe e mesịrị
Na 29 Septemba 1917 ọ lụrụ Elsie Mary Croft, onye na-akpọ piano. Mgbe ọ lụsịrị nwanyị, a kpọfere ya na Cedara College of Agriculture na Natal ebe ọ rụrụ ọrụ na mwakpo ụmụ aṅụ na wattle bagworm.

N'afọ 1918, ọ ghọrọ onye South Africa mbụ natara Carnegie Grant maka ịga n'ihu n'agụmakwụkwọ ya. N'afọ 1920, o nwetara nzere MSc na Mahadum Natal. Site n'afọ 1921 ruo 1945 ọ bụ onye nyocha sayensị na Ngalaba Mmụta nke Cape. N'afọ 1922, o nwetara nzere Ph.D. na Mahadum Cape Town maka nnyocha ya gbasara ụ̀tụ́ àgwà ma ọ bụ ụdị dịkwa n'ezinụlọ ahụ bụ Bruchinae. Afrịka nwere anụmanụ Bruchid ebe ọ bara ụba, ọtụtụ n'ime ha na-adabere na osisi ogwu na osisi ndị ọzọ. N'ime usoro ihe omume dị saraa dị jụụ n'oge ahụ, ọ na-adị achọta ohere mgbe ụfọdụ iji chịkọta ụdị ọhụrụ site na osisi ogwu n'oge nkwụsị.

N'oge a, ọ chọtara oge idezi Nature Notes (1924-1931) wee bụrụ otu n'ime ndị mbụ mere mgbasa ozi redio na South Africa, ebe o kwuru maka akpị (1925).

N'afọ 1929, o guzobere Wild Life Protection and Conservation Society (nke a na-akpọ ugbu a Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa, WESSA), n'ụzọ dị ukwuu n'ihi nchegbu ya na mbibi na-abawanye nke ụmụ anụmanụ n'ala Zulu dị ka akụkụ nke mkpọsa nchịkwa ahụhụ tsetsefly. N'ọkwa ya dị ka onyeisi oche, o nyere aka guzobe Outeniqua Mountain Zebra Reserve, Bontebok Park, na Addo Elephant Reserve.

N'oge 1935-1945 ọ bụ onye nduzi nke Ụlọ Mgbasa Ozi Ụlọ akwụkwọ. N'afọ 1939, n'ụzọ dị ukwuu site na mgbalị ya, e guzobere Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve.

Ọ ghọrọ onye isi oche nke Entomological Society of Southern Africa n'afọ 1940, jee ozi dị ka onyeisi oche nke ụlọ ọrụ Fisheries Department Commission e mepere ọhụrụ site n'afọ 1945 ruo 1951, ma n'otu oge a ọ bụ onye òtù Bọọdụ ndị Gọvanọ nke South African Broadcasting Corporation. N'afọ 1950, a họpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ onye isi oche nke Royal Society of South Africa ma site n'afọ 1950 ruo 1957 ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka osote onye isi oche nke ndị nlekọta nke Ọbaṅkà South Africa. N'afọ 1951, ọ ghọrọ onye isi oche nke Kọmitii na-ahụ maka Azụ nke Northern Rhodesia.

N'afọ 1952, ọ lara ezumike nká n'ụlọ ya dị na Hout Bay ma mee nnyocha dị ukwuu banyere omume mmekọrịta nke ndanda, aṅụ na wasps nke dugara na mbipụta akwụkwọ ụfọdụ. N'akwụkwọ ya banyere ndanda,  na n'akwụkwọ ndị ọzọ,  o bipụtara ọrụ ọhụrụ na akparamagwa na gburugburu ebe obibi nke ụlọ ahụhụ na ụzọ isi mụọ ha. O dekwara akwụkwọ banyere ụmụ ahụhụ,  na ọtụtụ akwụkwọ sayensị n'isiokwu dị iche iche, gụnyere ụzọ ndị e nwere ike isi nweta mkpakọrịta n'etiti aṅụ oge ochie dị ka aṅụ kapịnta nke South Africa. 

N'afọ 1952, South African Association for the Advancement of Science nyere ya ihe nrite South African Medal na Grant maka nnyocha sayensị.

N'afọ 1953, ọ gara UK ebe o kwuru maka ọrụ nnyocha ya na BBC ma gaa Nzukọ Kwa afọ nke British Association na Belfast, Northern Ireland.

N'afọ 1957, e nyere ya D.Sc. (honoris causa) site na Mahadum Natal, ma n'agbanyeghị na ọ laala ezumike nká, ọ ghọrọ onye isi oche nke Zoological Society of South Africa n'afọ 1960. Ọ chọpụtakwara oge ịkụzi ihe gbasara Medical Entomology na Mahadum Cape Town ma bụrụ onye isi oche nke South African Association for the Advancement of Science nke oge ahụ.

Ọ bụ ọkà okwu na-atọ ụtọ nakwa nke na-adịghị eme na ọ bụ ihe ọ na-abụghị, onye nwere obi umeala ma marakwa nke o riri kwụọ ụgwọ n'ọrụ ya, mere na ọtụtụ ndị na-eto eto na South Africa nke ọgbọ ahụ nwere ihe mere ha ga-eji nwee obi ụtọ nye mmesapụ aka ya nye ajụjụ ndị nwere ọgụgụ isi.

Na 6 Nọvemba 1976 ọ nwụrụ na Hout Bay na Cape Peninsula.

A mụrụ nwa nwanyị na nwa nwoke site n'alụmdi na nwunye a:

* Mary Katherine Rowan "Bunty" amụrụ 1986 - onye a ma ama na-amụ banyere ụmụ nnụnụ na onye odee
* John Skaife amụrụ 1927

## Ọrụ ndị O bipụtara

* *Animal Life In South Africa* (Miller, Cape Town 1920) 
* The Strange Old Man (Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1930) 
* South Africa Nature Notes (Maskew Miller, Cape Town, c1938) 
* *African Insect Life* (Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1953) 
* Dwellers In Darkness - an introduction to the study of termites (Longmans Green & Co., London, 1956) 
* Reminiscences of a Naturalist  (1958) 
* The Study of Ants (Longmans, 1961) 
* The Weaker Sex - Brochure dabeere na usoro okwu isii a na-agbasa n'oge asụsụ Bekee nke SABC n'oge Febụwarị na Maachị 1961.
* A Naturalist Remembers (Longmans, Cape Town, 1963) 
* The Amazing World of the Ant (South African Broadcasting Corporation) 
* The Outdoor World of Africa (Longmans, Cape Town) 
* African Insect Life - mbipụta nke Ledger & Bannister (Struik, Cape Town 1979) 
* *Adriaan Hugo* - usoro akwụkwọ akụkọ ndị uwe ojii Afrikaans n'okpuru aha njirimara nke *Hendrik Brand*

## Edensibịa

* *Akụkọ ndụ nke Dr. SH Skaife* sitere na MK Rowan na African Insect Life e degharịrị

## Njikọ mpụga

* Biography of Sydney SkaifenaS2A3Biographical Database nke Southern African Science
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