John Macaulay Wilson

John Macaulay Wilson was an African King, and one of the first Africans to receive a European medical training. He was sent from Sierra Leone to Britain for medical training in either 1794 or 1796. He returned to fill a number of roles, including Assistant Colonial Surgeon at the hospital in Leicester, Sierra Leone.[1]: 62 

Macaulay Wilson was the son of King George, chief of Kaffu Bullom,[2]: 42  and joined the household of Zachary Macaulay and later that of Thomas Masterman Winterbottom.[3]: 51 

He was a juror during the trial of Samuel Samo in 1812.

Following the death of his father, King George, he was elected King on 4 March 1827 in the presence of James Holman.[4]

References

  1. ^ Patton, Adell (1996). Physicians, colonial racism, and diaspora in West Africa. Gainesville [u.a.]: Univ. Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-1432-6.
  2. ^ Cole, Gibril (2006). "Rethinking the Demographic Make up of Krio Societydate=2006". In Cole, Gibril; Dixon-Fyle, Mac (eds.). New perspectives on the Sierra Leone Krio. New York: Lang. ISBN 9780820479378.
  3. ^ Sibthorpe, A. B. C. (1970). The History of Sierra Leone (4th ed.). London: F. Cass. ISBN 978-0714617695.
  4. ^ Holman, James (1834). Voyage Round the World: Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, Etc. Etc. London: Smith, Elder & co.