Bauchi vocabularies, 1907
Scope and Contents
'42 vocabularies of languages spoken in Bauchi Province, N. Nigeria'. The document begins with a five-page introduction. This is followed by sixty-eight pages of vocabularies arranged in columns, with English on the left. The words are organised into broad categories.
Dates
- Creation: 1907
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
Sir William Frederick Gowers (1875-1954) was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge. He worked for the British South Africa Company in Southern Rhodesia, 1899-1902, before entering the Colonial Civil Service in Northern Nigeria, 1902. He was part of the Cameroons Expeditionary Force, 1915-1916. Gowers became Lieutenant-Governor of Nigeria in 1921, and was Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Uganda Protectorate, 1925-1932, and Senior Crown Agent for the Colonies, 1932-1938. He was Deputy Chairman of the Cereals Control Board, 1939-1940, and Civil Defence Liaison Officer, S. Command, 1940-1942. He died on 7 October 1954.
Extent
1 folder(s) (1 folder (73 pages)) : paper
Language of Materials
Multiple languages
Former / Other Reference
MSS 43
Other Finding Aids
Donald H. Simpson, ed., 'The manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (London, 1975), p. 88.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented by the Royal African Society, 1972.
General
This collection level description was created by RAS using information from Donald Simpson's R.C.S. catalogue. The biographical history was compiled with reference to the entry on Sir William Gowers in 'Who was who', vol. V, 1951-1960 (London, 1967), p. 441.
Originator(s)
Gowers, Sir, William Frederic, 1875-1954, Knight and colonial administrator
Finding aid date
2004-01-19 14:22:32+00:00
Geographic
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