Anton Wilhelm Amo
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Anton Wilhelm Amo or Anthony William Amo was a Nzema philosopher from Axim, Dutch Gold Coast. Amo was a professor at the universities of Halle and Jena in Germany after studying there. Wikipedia
Born: 1703, Axim, Ghana
Died: 1759 (age 56 years), Ghana
Education: Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg (1734), Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg (1727–1729), and University Of Helmstedt (1721–1727)
Influenced by: René Descartes, Christian Wolff, and John Locke
Doctoral students: Johannes Theodosius Meiner
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