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Sanya Dojo Onabamiro (1913-1985) is a Nigerian copepodologist, statesman, and academic.[1] He is known as the first person to earn a PhD degree from the University during the Colonial Nigeria.
Life
[edit]Onabamiro was born on 24 May 1913 in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State in the Southern Nigeria Protectorate of the Colonial Nigeria. His father and mother Matilda Oduyemi Ajibola, was a palm oil and cocoa farmer. The Methodist Church mission schools, during the period, spread through-out the Western part of the country 1846. Onabamiro began his education at Ago-Iwoye Methodist Primary School, which was for basic children, and was established around 1910. He left and later completed his primary education in Ibadan, Oyo State around 1928.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Damkaer 2013, pp. 143–149.
- ^ Damkaer 2013, pp. 144.
Sources
[edit]- Damkaer, David M. (January 1, 2013). "Sanya Dojo Onabamiro (1913-1985), Nigerian copepodologist and statesman". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 33 (1): 143–149. doi:10.1163/1937240X-00002104. ISSN 0278-0372.