{{Short description|Kenyan professor of biological sciences}} {{use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Samson Gombe | birth_date = 5 November 1938 | birth_place = Seme, Kisumu, Kenya | death_date = {{death date and age|1989|02|04|1938|11|05|df=yes}} | workplaces = University of Nairobi, Kenya | education = {{unbulleted list |Makerere University (BSc) |University of London (MSc) |Cornell University (PhD) }} | fields = Malnutrition<br>Mineral deficiencies<br>Phylogenesis<br>Reproductive physiology<br>Endocrinology | image = Gombe.png | honorific_suffix = FAAS FTWAS | honorific_prefix = Professor }}

'''Samson''' '''Gombe''' <small>FAAS FTWAS</small> (5 November 1938 – 4 February 1989) was a Kenyan professor of Biological Systems and Organisms. He was a Fellow of Third World Academy of Sciences and a Founding Fellow and Secretary of African Academy of Sciences.

== Early life and education == Gombe was born on 5 November 1938 in Seme, Kisumu, Kenya.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=AFRICA - NeglectedScience |url=http://www.neglectedscience.com/alphabetical-list/a/africa |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=www.neglectedscience.com |archive-date=30 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130131213/http://www.neglectedscience.com/alphabetical-list/a/africa |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ThcfAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Samson+Gombe%22+-wikipedia |title=Profiles of African Scientists |date=1991 |publisher=African Academy of Sciences |isbn=978-9966-831-07-1 |language=en}}</ref> He attended Maseno School, Makerere College between 1958 and 1960. Then educated at the University of London (1961-9167) and Cornell University (1969-1972).<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Prof. Gombe Samson Biography by Kenyan Academy of Sciences |url=https://knasciences.or.ke/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/PROF.-GOMBE-SAMSON-1.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Foundation |first=Rockefeller |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W2JqAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Samson+Gombe%22+-wikipedia |title=The President's Review and Annual Report |date=1969 |publisher=Rockefeller Foundation. |language=en}}</ref>

== Career and research == Gombe was a lecturer at the Department of Animal Physiology, University of Nairobi from 1968 until his death on 4 February 1989, aged 50, after a short illness.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A4TrozRwE7wC&dq=%22Samson+Gombe%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA873 |title=Kenya Gazette |date=1990-06-29 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Kenya |first=National Museum of |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yYAMAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Samson+Gombe%22+-wikipedia |title=Report for the Period ... |date=1977 |publisher=The Museum |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6rLsAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Samson+Gombe%22+-wikipedia |title=AAU Newsletter |date=1987 |publisher=Association of African Universities |language=en}}</ref> Gombe was one of the founders of the African Academy of Sciences in 1985, and later became the Secretary/Scientific General (1987–1989)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sciences |first=African Academy of |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V-AHAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Samson+Gombe%22+-wikipedia |title=Whydah: Newsletter |date=1987 |publisher=Produced for the Academy Science Publishers by Stellan Consult Limited |language=en}}</ref> and Treasurer (1987–1989).<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Gombe Samson {{!}} The AAS |url=https://www.aasciences.africa/fellow/gombe-samson |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=www.aasciences.africa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fM4nAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Samson+Gombe%22+-wikipedia |title=Discovery and Innovation |date=1989 |publisher=Academy Science Publishers |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Sturges |first1=Rodney Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VF8PAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Samson+Gombe%22+-wikipedia |title=The Quiet Struggle: Libraries and Information for Africa |last2=Neill |first2=Richard |date=1990 |publisher=Mansell |isbn=978-0-7201-2019-6 |language=en}}</ref> He was an Honorary Assistant Treasurer of Kenya National Academy of Science.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XBm9AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Samson+Gombe%22+-wikipedia |title=Kenya Journal of Sciences: Social sciences. Series C |date=1988 |publisher=Kenya National Academy of Sciences |language=en}}</ref>

Gombe focused more on reproductive physiology, endocrinology, malnutrition, mineral deficiencies, adverse environmental and parasitic infections that may lead to infertility.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qwTLbyLe8J4C&dq=%22Samson+Gombe%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA31 |title=Horizons |date=1982 |publisher=Publications Division, Office of Public Affairs, Agency for International Development |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DGXgAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Samson+Gombe%22+-wikipedia |title=Current Literature on Science of Science |date=1991 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. |language=en}}</ref>

== Awards and recognitions == Gombe was a Foundry Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences as of its inception in 1985 <ref name=":3" /> a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences since 1985,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Gombe, Samson |url=https://twas.org/directory/gombe-samson |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=TWAS |language=en}}</ref> and a Fellow of the Kenya National Academy of Sciences in 1986.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=PROF. GOMBE, SAMSON – Kenya National Academics of Science |url=https://knasciences.or.ke/teacher/prof-gombe-samson/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Selected publications == {{Scholia}} * '''Gombe, Samson'''; Oduor-Okelo, Dominic (1991-06). ''[http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/8019/browse?value=Gombe%2C+Samson&type=author Development of the foetal membranes in the cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus): a re‐interpretation], African Journal of Ecology,'' Volume 29, Issue 2, pages 157–167 * '''Samson Gombe''', William Hansel (1973-09-01). ''Plasma Luteinizing Hormone (LH) and Progesterone Levels in Heifers on Restricted Energy Intakes Get access Arrow''. Journal of Animal Science, Volume 37, Issue 3, September 1973, Pages 728–733. * Norman, Charles; '''Gombe, Samson''' (1975-09-01). [https://rep.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/rep/44/3/jrf_44_3_009.xml Stimulatory effect of the lysosomal stabilizer, chloroquine, on the respiration and motility of fresh and aged bovine spermatozoa.] Reproduction. 44 (3): 481–486. doi:10.1530/jrf.0.0440481. ISSN 0022-4251. * Alila, Hector W.; Rogo, Khama O.; '''Gombe, Samson''' (1987-06-01). [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0015028216592280 Effects of prolactin on steroidogenesis by human luteal cells in culture]. Fertility and Sterility. 47 (6): 947–955. doi:10.1016/S0015-0282(16)59228-0. ISSN 0015-0282.{{Efn-ua|Supported by reentry grant for HWA from World Health Organization Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction}}

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