Henry Johnson (priest)
Henry Johnson was Archdeacon of The Upper Niger[1] from 1878[2] to 1891.[3]
Johnson was born in 1840 as an Omoba of the Oyo people.[4] He trained for the priesthood at Church Missionary Society College, Islington.[5] He was ordained deacon at St. George's Cathedral, Sierra Leone in 1866, and priest in 1867. Johnson served at Fourah Bay, Sherbro[6] and Lokoja. He was appointed an honorary M.A. of Cambridge University in 1886.[7]
Johnson died in 1901.[8]
References
- 'Holy' Johnson, Pioneer of African Nationalism, 1836-1917 Ayandele, E.A. p229: Abingdon, Cass, 2005 ISBN 0714617431
- The Church in Africa, 1450-1950 Hastings, A. p347: Oxford, Clarendon, 1994 ISBN 0198263996
- Crockford's Clerical Directory 1898 p730: London, Horace Cox, 1898
- DACB
- Justus
- "The missionary history of Sierra Leone" Seddall,H. p234:London, Hatchards,1874
- Alumni Cantabrigienses Part II vol iii p579
- The Missing Chapter
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