Amo, Anton Wilhelm, approximately 1700-approximately 1754

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Personal name heading	Amo, Anton Wilhelm, approximately 1700-approximately 1754 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Amo Afer, Antonius Guilielmus, approximately 1700-approximately 1754 Amo, Anthony William, approximately 1700-approximately 1754 Amo, Antoine Guillaume, approximately 1700-approximately 1754 Amo, Anton Wilhelm, b. ca. 1700 Amo, Antonius Guilelmus, approximately 1700-approximately 1754 Amo, Antonius Guilielmus, approximately 1700-approximately 1754
Associated country	Ghana Germany
Birth date	1700~ 1703~
Death date	1754~ 1759~
Place of birth	Axim (Ghana)
Place of death	Shama (Ghana)
Affiliation	Universität Halle Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Universität Wittenberg
Profession or occupation	Philologists Philosophers Philosophy teachers
Found in	Anton Wilhelm Amo, c1976. Amo Afer, c2010: page 13 (Anton Wilhelm Amo, ~1700-1756) page 167 (b. near Axim, Ghana ca. 1700; doctorate in philosophy 1734, at which point he added "Afer" as suffix to his name to indicate his African origin) p. 168 (probable year of death 1754) page 175 (Antonius Guilelmus Amo Afer) De humanae mentis apatheia, c2010: title page (Antoine Guillaume Amo) Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed November 7, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Amo, Anton Wilhelm; Anton Wilhelm Amo; philologist, philosopher; born c.1703 in Awukena, Ghana; brought to Germany from the Gold Coast (1707) as a gift from the Dutch West India Company to the Dukes August Wilhelm and Ludwig Rudolf von Wolfenbattel; the dukes raised and educated him as a nobleman; studied at the University of Halle; his work, published and now lost, concerned the rights of Africans in Europe (1729); received his doctorate (1734) and became a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Halle, Wittenberg, and Jena; was appointed a Prussian government councilor in Berlin; lost the support of his mentors, the dukes (1740s); returned to the Gold Coast (1747) disenchanted by the racism that he experienced in Germany; worked as a goldsmith in Africa; University of Halle erected a statue in his honor (1965); died c.1754 in Fort Chama, Ghana) Dauvois, Daniel. Anton Wilhelm Amo, 2020: page 11 (Anton Wilhelm are baptismal names, from his godfathers, Anton Ulrich, duc de Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and his son Wilhelm August; born and died in Ghana, removed from there at an early age under unknown circumstances) page 13 (Amo was versed in astronomy and spoke Latin, Greek, Hebrew, French, Dutch and German) page 15 (after the death of the prince of Brunswick, his benefactor, Amo fell into deep melancholy and left Europe, where he had been for 30 years, to return to his native land in Axim, Gold Coast; in 1753, at about age 50, he received a visit there from traveler and doctor David Henri Gallandat; a little later he left Axim and settled in Chama, in the Fort of the Dutch company of Saint-Sebastien) page 4 of cover (Anton Wilhelm Amo (c. 1703-c. 1759)) Wikipedia, April 29, 2021 (Anton Wilhelm Amo; Anthony William Amo; lectured in philosophy under his preferred name Antonius Guilelmus Amo Afer; in 1740 he took up a post in philosophy at the University of Jena; after unpleasant experiences there he decided to return to Ghana; probably died in about 1759 at the Dutch Fort Sebastian in Shama, Ghana) Latinus, Ionnes. Ad catholicum pariter et invictissimum Philippum dei gratia hispaniarum regem..., 1971: collective title page (Amo, Antonius Guilielmus) reproduced title page (Antonii Guilielmi Amo, Guinea-Afri, ... ("u" given as "v")) Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg website, viewed April 29, 2021: (A. W. Amo Lecture; reproduced signature, A. W. Amo)
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