Sanya Dojo Onabamiro

Sanya Dojo Onabamiro (1913–1985) was a Nigerian copepodologist, statesman, and academic.[1] He earned his PhD from theUniversity of Ibadan in 1951. According to Kenneth Mellanby, he was "the first person to qualify for a PhD degree in any colonial university college"[2]

Life

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.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Damkaer, David M. (2013-01-01). "Sanya Dojo Onabamiro (1913-1985), Nigerian copepodologist and statesman". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 33 (1): 143–149. Bibcode:2013JCBio..33..143D. doi:10.1163/1937240X-00002104. ISSN 0278-0372.
  2. ^ Mellanby, Kenneth (2025). The Birth of Nigeria's University. Routledge Revivals Series (1st ed.). Oxford: Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 978-1-041-12855-7.
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