Samuel Ajayi Crowther (c1809–1891), former slave who became the first black Anglican Bishop. Crowther was ordained by the Church Missionary Society and in 1864 was consecrated bishop of the Niger territory in Africa. A linguist, with an honorary doctorate of divinity from Oxford University, Crowther worked on Bible translation into more than one African language.

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