| LC control no. | no2003098300 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Baikie, William Balfour, 1825-1864 |
| Associated country | England |
| Associated place | Nigeria |
| Birth date | 18250827 |
| Death date | 18641212 |
| Place of birth | Kirkwall (Scotland) |
| Place of death | Sierra Leone |
| Affiliation | University of Edinburgh Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) England and Wales. Royal Navy |
| Profession or occupation | Explorers Naturalists Surgeons Philologists |
| Found in | A story of peaceful progress, by stages, to full independence and the role of a young Scots doctor who founded Lokoja in northern Nigeria one hundred years ago, 1960: p. 1 (Dr. William Baikie, Royal Navy surgeon; b. 1825 in Kirkwall, in Scotland's Orkney Islands; took medical degree in Edinburgh) p. 3 (Dr. William Balfour Baikie) OCLC, 30 Sept. 2003 (hdg.: Baikie, William Balfour, 1825-1864; usage: Dr. Baikie; William Balfour Baikie) The Orcadian online, 30 Sept. 2003 (under: "Orcadian explorer embarked on an African voyage of discovery" -- William Balfour Baikie, b. Kirkwall, Aug. 27, 1825; doctor and explorer; d. Dec. 1864 in Sierra Leone) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed December 8, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Baikie, William Balfour; explorer, naturalist, surgeon, philologist; born 1824 in Kirkwall, Scotland; medical degree from Edinburgh University; co-author of the natural history of Orkney, Historia naturalis Orcadensis (1848); assistant surgeon at the Royal Navy (1848); assistant surgeon at Haslar Hospital, Portsmouth (1851-1854); surgeon and naturalist at a Royal Geographical Society's exploring expedition up the Niger and its eastern tributary (1854); lead a second expedition on the steamer Dayspring, accompanied by a supply ship, the George, to establish trading posts along the river (1857); established a trading settlement and consular office at present-day Lokoja; his willingness to integrate with the local community, including learning local languages provided a springboard for the development of the chartered Royal Nigerian Company; was often the only European at Lokoja, determined to maintain a British presence; at his own request, he was relieved by the arrival of HMS Investigator from England (1864); he is commemorated in St. Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall by an impressive memorial paid for by public subscription; died 12 December 1864 in Sierra Leone) |
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