Hamed Abdel Fattah Gohar was born in Cairo on November
15, 1907. He enjoyed primary education at The School of Islamic Charitable
Society, and secondary education at the Royal High School. Hamed received His
baccalaureate degree in 1925, coinciding with the year of establishment of the
Egyptian University.
Subsequently, Gohar joined the Faculty of Medicine.
Despite his brilliant performance in his junior year, He preferred to turn to
the Faculty of Science. There he reached the Bachelor of Science status with
first Class honors. What followed was the appointment as a lecturer in the
Department of Animal Science Faculty.
In 1931, two years after graduating, he submitted a
thesis, as part of a Masters Degree program. His Theme was illustriously titled
“the exact anatomy and endocrine histology in the rabbit.” When Hamed Gohar
moved to Hurghada and managed the local Marine Biology station, he continued
his
Scientific research, concentrated on Red Sea objects.
Eventually, he received a PhD degree in science in this Branch of knowledge.
Six decades ago marked the start of an impressive series of his extensive
‘aquatic’ studies. Gohar has gifted Egypt and the Arab world with an abundance
of scientific contributions.
During his career, he worked as a consultant for
Science and Technology at the Arab League in 1970. One of his grand
contributions is his participation in Arab scientific dictionaries by the
Arabic Language academy. Most notable are the Lexicon of Biology and
Agricultural Sciences. As for international accolades and recognition, Hamed
Gohar goes down in the history books an adviser to the Secretary General of the
United Nations to organize the First International Conference on Law of the Sea
in Geneva in 1958. The International Atomic Energy Agency chose him in 1959 as
Chairman of an international meeting, dedicated to the disposal of nuclear
waste in the deep sea. He was also a member of the Advisory Committee of the
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. One can only
admire Hamed Gohar for his scientific endeavours and stand in awe for his
impressive curriculum vitae. It contains memberships and Fellowships or
presidencies for the Zoological Society of Arab Republic of Egypt, the Egyptian
Society of Oceanography, the Egyptian Academy of Sciences, the International
Academy of animal science in India, the International Academy of Fishery
Sciences in Rome and the Supreme Council of Fisheries. An entire generation of
Egyptians grew up with ‘Dr Hamed’. He hosted a very popular weekly television
program. It was called ‘Sea World’, in which he highlighted under water scenery
with films of the most various natures. With his distinctive voice and
characteristic appearance, Hamed Gohar stays on the mind if Egyptians forever…
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