John Macaulay Wilson Explained

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]

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

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]

Notes and References

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