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Samuel Johnson (Nigerian historian)

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459: 35: 573: 520: 465: 420: 247:. He was based in Oyo from 1881 onward and completed a work on Yoruba history in 1897. This event is said to have been caused by him fearing that his people were losing their history, and that they were beginning to know 176:, as the third of seven children of Henry Erugunjinmi Johnson and Sarah Johnson on June 24, 1846. His father, who gave himself the Yoruba name Erugunjinmi, was born in 1810 in the town of 220:. Henry and Nathaniel both became missionaries and archdeacons like Samuel, while Obadiah became the first indigenous Yoruba medical doctor. He completed his education at the 443: 504: 639: 610: 557: 714: 634: 268: 433: 689: 356: 497: 212:(his distant cousin) and others. He later met Samuel Johnson, whose name he gave to his son. Johnson had 2 older brothers, 629: 603: 550: 644: 295: 699: 659: 709: 490: 162: 694: 596: 543: 674: 584: 531: 478: 262:
re-compiled and rewrote the book, using the reverend's copious notes as a guide. In 1921, he released it as
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A History of the Yorubas from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the British Protectorate
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The Human Tradition in Modern Africa (Volume 49 of Human tradition around the world)
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refused to cease fighting however, and the war dragged on. In 1880, he became a
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Pioneer, patriot and patriarch: Samuel Johnson and the Yoruba people
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This biographical article about a Nigerian religious figure is a
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This biographical article about a Nigerian historian is a
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This article about a member of the Christian clergy is a
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You can help Knowledge by 156: 149:priest and historian of the 7: 255:by his British publishers. 10: 731: 630:Sierra Leone Creole people 566: 513: 451: 388:"The Yoruba War 1877-1893" 345:Dennis D. Cordell (2012). 308:The History of the Yorubas 161:Samuel Johnson was born a 222:Church Missionary Society 96: 88: 80: 60: 41: 32: 21: 645:Sierra Leonean Anglicans 305:Johnson, Samuel (1921), 700:Nigerian academic stubs 660:Yoruba Christian clergy 434:Hope Africa E-publisher 710:Christian clergy stubs 439:Site on Samuel Johnson 311:, Lagos: CMS Bookshops 286:Falola, Toyin (1993), 108:Henry Johnson (priest) 55:Freetown, Sierra Leone 695:Nigerian writer stubs 386:The Dupuy Institute. 373:"Johnson, Samuel (B)" 210:Samuel Ajayi Crowther 118:Samuel Ajayi Crowther 675:Historians of Yoruba 444:Brief mention of him 202:Atlantic Slave Trade 426:Christianity portal 105:, great-grandfather 665:Yoruba historians 592: 591: 539: 538: 486: 485: 358:978-0-742-5373-23 180:, capital of the 137: 136: 84:Priest, historian 722: 613: 606: 599: 575: 568: 560: 553: 546: 522: 515: 507: 500: 493: 469: 468: 467: 461: 453: 428: 423: 422: 402: 401: 399: 398: 383: 377: 376: 369: 363: 362: 342: 336: 335: 328: 312: 300: 249:European history 229:Charles Phillips 188:(prince) of the 127:Herbert Macaulay 67: 52: 50: 37: 19: 18: 730: 729: 725: 724: 723: 721: 720: 719: 705:Historian stubs 620: 619: 618: 617: 565: 564: 512: 511: 462: 456: 449: 424: 417: 414: 408: 406: 405: 396: 394: 384: 380: 371: 370: 366: 359: 343: 339: 330: 329: 325: 320: 298: 282: 260:Obadiah Johnson 184:. 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Freetown, Sierra Leone
Lagos
British Nigeria
Abiodun
Henry Johnson (priest)
Obadiah Johnson
Samuel Ajayi Crowther
first cousin
Herbert Macaulay
second cousin
The Rev.
Anglican
Yoruba
recaptive
Creole
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Oyo-Ile
Oyo Empire
Omoba
Oyo
alaafin
Abiodun
Atlantic Slave Trade
Sierra Leone
Samuel Ajayi Crowther
Henry
Obadiah
Church Missionary Society

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