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Samuel Ajayi Crowther (c. 1809 – 31 December 1891) was a Yoruba linguist, clergyman, and the first African Anglican bishop of West Africa.Born in Osogun (in what is now Ado-Awaye, Oyo State, Nigeria), he and his family were captured by Fulani slave raiders when he was about twelve years old. [2]
Dandeson Coates Crowther [1] Archdeacon Dandeson Coates Crowther (24 September 1844 - 5 January 1938) was a son of Archbishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther [2] and a leader of the Anglican Church in West Africa. He was born in Sierra Leone. [3] He was a part of the Christian Missionary Society (CMS) in 1870 and titled as "Archdeacon" of the Niger Delta ...
Samuel Crowther may refer to: Samuel Ajayi Crowther (1809–1891), first African Anglican bishop in Nigeria; Samuel Crowther (journalist) (1880–1947), American journalist, writer and biographer; Sam Crowther (born 2000), Dutch footballer
The diocese was created in 1864 as the 'Diocese of West African Territories Beyond the British Dominions' or 'Diocese of the Niger' with Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther as the bishop. At Crowther's death in 1891, the diocese was merged with the Lagos and Yoruba sections of the Nigerian mission which had been under the Diocese of Sierra Leone and ...
Townsend was born in Exeter, in Devon, England on December 1, 1815. [1]Ordained in England in 1842, Townsend set off for Sierra Leone with Charles Andrew Gollmer and Samuel Ajayi Crowther, [2] landing there that same year; after working there only a few months, he was transferred to the Yoruba mission. [1]
Bishops from Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Toledo, Steubenville, Youngstown, Parma and Canton signed the letter, released in anticipation of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees on Sept. 29.
Ajayi Crowther → Samuel Ajayi Crowther – This article is well referenced and almost every book, article or newspaper report refers to the subject as "Samuel Ajayi Crowther". Perhaps his mother called him Ajayi, but to the rest of the world he was commonly known as Samuel Ajayi Crowther, with spelling variations of Ajayi Wayne Jayes ( talk ...
Simon L. Leis, Jr. – Hamilton County, Ohio prosecutor and sheriff; Mark Lippert – former ambassador to South Korea; Jesse D. Locker – former Cincinnati city councilman and United States Ambassador to Liberia, 1953–55; Nicholas Longworth – former Speaker of the House and Majority Leader; Charlie Luken – former congressman and mayor ...