Arthur Porter (historian)
Creole professor, historian, and author (1924–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Arthur Thomas Daniel Porter III (26 January 1924 – 26 March 2019) was a Creole professor, historian, and author. His book on the Sierra Leone Creole people, Creoledom: A study of the development of Freetown society, examines their society in a way in which few books of their time period had, and it is one of the most quoted books on the Creoles. He was published in East Africa and the UK.
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Born | Arthur Thomas Daniel Porter III (1924-10-27)27 October 1924 Freetown, British Sierra Leone |
Died | 26 March 2019(2019-03-26) (aged 95) Ottawa, Canada |
Occupation | Historian, sociologist |
Nationality | British, Sierra Leonean |
Education | Fourah Bay College, Selwyn College, Cambridge, Boston University |
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