Harry Alphonso Ebun Sawyerr MBE (9 October 1909 – August 1986) was a Sierra Leonean Anglican theologian and writer on African religion. [1] He became principal of Fourah Bay College and Vice Chancellor of the University of Sierra Leone. [2]
Sawyerr studied initially at Fourah Bay College, later moving to England to study at the main campus of Durham University. [3] He successively earned Bachelor of Arts (1933), Master of Arts (1936) and Master of Education (1940) degrees. [3]
Harry Sawyerr was influenced by Thomas Sylvester Johnson, the first assistant bishop of Sierra Leone. [4]
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Harry Alphonso Ebun Sawyerr MBE (9 October 1909 – August 1986) was a Sierra Leonean Anglican theologian and writer on African religion. [1] He became principal of Fourah Bay College and Vice Chancellor of the University of Sierra Leone. [2]
Sawyerr studied initially at Fourah Bay College, later moving to England to study at the main campus of Durham University. [3] He successively earned Bachelor of Arts (1933), Master of Arts (1936) and Master of Education (1940) degrees. [3]
Harry Sawyerr was influenced by Thomas Sylvester Johnson, the first assistant bishop of Sierra Leone. [4]
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