GB 0102 PP MS 59 - Migeod, Frederick William Hugh

2 boxes

GB 0102 PP MS 59 Created 1898-1948 Collection (fonds) 2 boxes Migeod , Frederick William Hugh , 1872-1952 , colonial administrator and botanist
Frederick William Hugh Migeod was born on 9 August 1872 in Chislehurst, Kent. Educated at Folkestone, he joined the Royal Navy Pay Department in 1889. In 1900 he began service with the Colonial Civil Service and was stationed in the Gold Coast until 1919. He then began a series of expeditions to Lake Chad, Cameroon, and Sierra Leone, and twice crossed equatorial Africa. From 1925-1927 and again in 1929 and 1931 he led a British Museum East Africa expedition to excavate dinosaur bones. Following his return to England he became a local councillor and Alderman in Worthing and was Chairman of the British Union for Abolition of Vivisection. He married Madeleine Marguerite Adrienne Charlotte Banks in 1925. He died on 8 July 1952.

Frederick Migeod's publications include The Languages of West Africa (1913), A Grammar of the Hausa Language (1914), Across Equatorial Africa (1923), Through Nigeria and Lake Chad (1924) and Through British Cameroons (1925).

Material purchased from Kegan Paul Publishers in 1954.

Papers, 1898-1948, of Frederick Migeod, comprising notebooks and other manuscript material relating to West Africa. Topics covered include natural history and botany in addition to language materials.

The material is arranged in chronological order.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
Material is in Arabic, Hausa and Fanti in addition to English.

Unpublished handlist.

The School of Oriental and African Studies Library holds copies of Frederick Migeod's publications.

Papers of Migeod relating to West Africa (1898-1934) are held at Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society Library (see MSS Catalogue, 1975). Papers relating mainly to travel in West Africa (1902-1928) are held at the Royal Geographical Society (see its Guide).

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Material purchased from Kegan Paul Publishers in 1954.

Papers, 1898-1948, of Frederick Migeod, comprising notebooks and other manuscript material relating to West Africa. Topics covered include natural history and botany in addition to language materials.

The material is arranged in chronological order.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

• English

• Latin

Material is in Arabic, Hausa and Fanti in addition to English.

The School of Oriental and African Studies Library holds copies of Frederick Migeod's publications.

Unpublished handlist.

Papers of Migeod relating to West Africa (1898-1934) are held at Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society Library (see MSS Catalogue, 1975). Papers relating mainly to travel in West Africa (1902-1928) are held at the Royal Geographical Society (see its Guide).

• English