Samuel Crowther, was a Yoruba linguist, clergyman, and the first African Anglican bishop of West Africa. Born in Osogun, he and his family were captured by Fulani slave raiders when he was about twelve years old. Wikipedia
Born: 1809, Osogun, Nigeria
Died: December 31, 1891 (age 82 years), Lagos, Nigeria
Grandchild: Herbert Macaulay
Education: University of Oxford and Fourah Bay College
Church: Church of Nigeria
See: Bishop of the Niger