RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Samuel Ajayi Crowther

1809 - 1891

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Samuel 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. This took place during the Yoruba civil wars, notably the Owu wars of 1821–1829, where his village Osogun was ransacked. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Ajayi Crowther has received more than 597,499 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Ajayi Crowther is the 3,045th most popular religious figure, the 86th most popular biography from Nigeria and the 4th most popular Nigerian Religious Figure.

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  • 21

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  • 1.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.92

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Samuel Ajayi Crowther ranks 3,045 out of 3,187. Before him are Antonio Napolioni, William Goh, Geoffrey Keating, James Aloysius Hickey, Desmond Connell, and Paul Hinder. After him are Katharine Drexel, Augusto Paolo Lojudice, Abdul Rahman, Hamza Yusuf, F. F. Bruce, and Gianni Ambrosio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Samuel Ajayi Crowther ranks 74. Before him are George Engelmann, Juan Antonio Pezet, Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson, Svend Foyn, Sterling Price, and Fanny Kemble. After him are Francis Walker, Robert M. T. Hunter, and Achille Guenée. Among people deceased in 1891, Samuel Ajayi Crowther ranks 110. Before him are Joseph Bazalgette, Barbara Bodichon, Charles Bradlaugh, George Hearst, David Dixon Porter, and Sarah Winnemucca. After him is William Windom.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Samuel Ajayi Crowther ranks 86 out of 309. Before him are Joseph Yobo (1980), Emmanuel Emenike (1987), Peter Utaka (1984), Mudashiru Lawal (1954), Umar Sadiq (1997), and Kalu Uche (1982). After him are John Utaka (1982), Samuel Chukwueze (1999), Obafemi Awolowo (1909), Peter Okpaleke (1963), Uche Okafor (1967), and Babatunde Olatunji (1927).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Nigeria

Among religious figures born in Nigeria, Samuel Ajayi Crowther ranks 4. Before him are Francis Arinze (1932), John Onaiyekan (1944), and Anthony Olubunmi Okogie (1936). After him are Peter Okpaleke (1963).

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