| LC control no. | n 80001475 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Blyden, Edward Wilmot, 1832-1912 |
| Variant(s) | Blyden, Edward W. |
| Associated country | United States Liberia |
| Birth date | 1832-08-03 |
| Death date | 1912-02-12 |
| Place of birth | Saint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands : Island) |
| Place of death | Freetown (Sierra Leone) |
| Field of activity | Clergy Theology |
| Affiliation | Liberia. Department of State Liberia College First Presbyterian Church of Monrovia (Monrovia, Liberia) |
| Profession or occupation | African American educators Clergy Teachers Journalists Diplomats College teachers |
| Found in | His The negro in ancient history ... 1869. His The pastor's work, 1866 t.p. (Edward W. Blyden; Fulton professor in Liberia College) Frenkelʹ, M. I︠U︡. Edward Blyden and African nationalism, 1978: t.p. (Edward Blyden) English Wikipedia website, viewed Apr. 19, 2012 (Edward Wilmot Blyden (3 Aug. 1832--7 Feb. 1912) was an Americo-Liberian educator, writer, diplomat, and politician primarily in Liberia. He also taught for five years in Sierra Leone, and his writings were influential in both countries; Born: 3 Aug. 1832, Saint Thomas, Danish West Indies (now the US Virgin Islands); Died: 7 Feb. 1912 (aged 79), Freetown, Sierra Leone) African American National Biography, accessed December 18, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Blyden, Edward Wilmot; Black Nationalist, teacher, journalist, philosopher, diplomat; born 03 August 1832 in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands; completed Alexander High School, a Presbyterian missionary establishment in Monrovia, Liberia; ordained to Presbyterian ministry (1858); Commissioner of Emigration for the Liberian government (1861); Liberian Secretary of State (1862-1864); Professor of Classics at Liberia College (1864-1866); editor of the Liberia Herald (1855); published A Voice from Bleeding Africa (1856); encouraged Liberia to become a British Protectorate (1904); returned to Liberia taught at the Alexander High School (1873); president of the Liberia College (1880-1884); Liberian Secretary of Education and of the Interior (1880-1882); published African Life and Customs (1908); retired in Freetown (1906); died 12 February 1912 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) Blyden, Edward W. The pastor's work, 1866 (Edward W. Blyden) title page (Fulton professor in Liberia College) |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | no2016091183 |
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