Ofosu-Appiah, L. H.
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- Appiah, L. H. Ofosu-
- Ofosu-Appiah, Lawrence Henry Yaw
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1920-03-18
Death Date
- 1990-06-01
Has Affiliation
- Organization: University of Ghana
Associated Locale
- Bedfordshire (England)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
(lcsh) Classical literature--Translations into Twi
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Sources
- found: His People in bondage, 1971.
- found: Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02(b. 1920)
- found: Wikipedia, Oct. 27, 2016(Lawrence Henry Yaw Ofosu-Appiah; Ghanaian academic, taught classics at the University of Ghana; director of the Encyclopedia Africana; 18 March 1920 - 1 June 1990; born in Kukua near Adawso, Eastern Region of Ghana; began his career as Latin and Twi teacher, Achimota School, becoming assistant librarian and assistant museum curator; in 1944 Achimota Council awarded him a scholarship to study classics at Oxford University; he was the first black African to do so at Oxford; completed diploma in anthropology in 1948 at Jesus College, Cambridge; first black African appointed to the Classics Department, University College, Gold Coast; Fulbright scholarship and post of visiting professor of classics, Dartmouth College, 1964-65; taught philosophy and literature in Division of Humanities, Dillard University, New Orleans, 1965-66; appointed chairman of the Ghana Library Board in 1967; translated several classics into Twi; died in hospital at Bedfordshire, UK)
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Change Notes
- 1980-06-13: new
- 2023-09-06: revised
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