Samuel Ajayi Crowther

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Samuel Ajayi Crowther was a 19th-century Yoruba linguist, former slave, and pioneering Anglican bishop who led Christian missions and Bible translation efforts in West Africa.

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instanceOf Anglican bishop
former slave
linguist
missionary
person
translator
advocatedFor education of Africans
indigenous African clergy
capturedDuring slave raid in Yoruba land
consecratedBy Church of England NERFINISHED
consecrationDate 1864
countryOfBirth Nigeria NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath Nigeria NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth c. 1809
dateOfDeath 31 December 1891
denomination Anglicanism NERFINISHED
educatedAt Fourah Bay College NERFINISHED
ethnicity Yoruba NERFINISHED
familyName Crowther NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork African linguistics
Bible translation
Christian missions
freedBy British Royal Navy NERFINISHED
fullName Samuel Ajayi Crowther NERFINISHED
givenName Samuel NERFINISHED
knownFor first African Anglican bishop in Nigeria
pioneering Christian missions in West Africa
translation of the Bible into Yoruba
language English
Yoruba NERFINISHED
memberOf Church Missionary Society NERFINISHED
notableWork Yoruba Bible translation
Yoruba dictionary
Yoruba grammar
occupation Bible translator
bishop
linguist
missionary
placeOfBirth Osogun
placeOfDeath Lagos NERFINISHED
positionHeld Bishop of the Niger
regionOfActivity Niger River area NERFINISHED
West Africa NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
residedIn Lagos NERFINISHED
Sierra Leone NERFINISHED
wasEnslaved yes
wroteOn Christian theology in African context
Yoruba language NERFINISHED

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Church Missionary Society notablePerson Samuel Ajayi Crowther
Ajayi Crowther University namedAfter Samuel Ajayi Crowther