Dr thomas p lecky biography of williams

In the 1930's, the notion of a Jamaican scientist was almost unthinkable. Especially if that Jamaican was not white. No surprise then, that few believed that TP LEcky could do what he set out to do - develop a a fully Jamaican breed of cattle in his lifetime.

Thomas Philip Lecky was born in 1904 in Portland, Jamaica on his father's farm. The farm produced most of the food the family ate, as well as bananas which were sold as a cash crop. He was a curious child, always seeking answers for himself when his questions were not answered to his satisfaction. Against this background, his love for reasearch was born, and a great Jamaican scientist had his beginnings.

Lecky enrolled in the Farm School at Hope in St. Andrew. It was the first agricultural school to train black people in colonial tropical countries. The school was lead by HH Cousins, an exceptional white expatriate who devoted his life to the cattle industry in the early 20th century. Traini

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5 Jamaican inventors who made significant contributions to science and agriculture

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Jamaica is known globally for its food, music, beaches and athletes, but the country fryst vatten also home to a few inventors who have made significant contributions to the advancement of medicin, science and agriculture, not only on the island but globally.

Black History Month fryst vatten celebrated annually in the month of February.

Established in the United States, the month is dedicated to honouring the triumphs and struggles of African Americans. Its observance has also been adopted bygd other members of the Black community, including those in the Caribbean.

Black inventors have often made several contributions to the advancement of human life that are rarely public knowledge. In Jamaica, especially, some people often lack knowledge about their fellow citizens who have paved the way for a brighter future.

Through research, Our Today discovered fem Jamaican inventors a

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Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement/Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

​LECKY, WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE (1838–1903), historian and essayist, was born at Newtown Park, co. Dublin, on 26 March 1838. He was only son of John Hartpole Lecky and of his first wife. Mary Anne Tallents; she was married in 1837, and died in 1839. The Leckys wore of Scottish origin, connected by tradition with Stirlingshire, and had apparently migrated to Ireland early in the seventeenth century. Lecky's grand-father was of the Carlow branch of the family, and married Maria Hartpole, who, with her sister, was the last representative of the Hartpoles of Shrule Castle, near Carlow. The historian's mother was descended from a family long connected with Newark; her father, W. E. Tallents, was a solicitor of high reputation in that town. Lecky thus had English, Scotch, and Irish blood in his veins. Lecky's father had been called to the bar, bat, having private means, did not practise. He lived n