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Fourah Bay College is a public university in the neighbourhood of Mount Aureol in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Founded on 18 February 1827, it is the first western -style university built in Sub-Saharan Africa and, furthermore, the first university-level institution in Africa .
For academic staff at Fourah Bay College in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Pages in category "Academic staff of Fourah Bay College" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.
The first African principal was James Quaker (1861–82), a former student of the Church Mission Society college in London. [13] The Reverend Obadiah Moore was a graduate of the school who became principal after studying at Fourah Bay College and at Monkton Combe School near Bath in England, and holding other teaching positions. [1]
Samuel Benjamin (Akube) Thomas (fl. 1833 – 1901), was a Sierra Leonean entrepreneur and philanthropist who amassed a large fortune from which he left a substantial endowment for the establishment of an agricultural college. [1] [2]
In 1878, Heddle sold the residence to the government, and it was proclaimed to be a national monument in 1948. In the 1960s, Heddle's Farm was incorporated into Fourah Bay College's botanical gardens. As of today, little remains of the house beyond foundation and landscaping work. [2]
Fourah Bay College — in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. A. Academic staff of Fourah Bay ...
The Pentecostal Church of Fourah Bay serves part of the community. Muslims and Christians have had an amicable history here. Fourah Bay College was founded here in the nineteenth century by the British and settlers, to serve the new communities of Freetown and others. It was started as a kind of seminary or boys' academy, and gradually ...
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