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John Karefa-Smart

Sierra Leonean politician (1915-2010)
Person human Q1700681

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[23]
Date of birth
June 17, 1915
Date of death
August 26, 2010
Place of birth
Rotifunk
Place of death
Freetown
Country of citizenship
Sierra Leone[10]
Occupation
politician, university teacher, diplomat, lawyer, writer, minister[11]
Employer
Harvard University, Boston University, Howard University[14][15][16]
Position held
Member of the Parliament of Sierra Leone, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation[12][13]
Educated at
Fourah Bay College, McGill University, Harvard University, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Otterbein University[17][18][19][20][21]
Religion or worldview
Methodism[22]
Member of political party
United National People's Party[24]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[26]
Given name
John[25]
🏷️ Also known as
en John Albert Musselman Karefa-Smart en John Karefa-Smart de Karefa-Smart de John Albert Musselman Karefa-Smart de Karefa ja ジョン・カレファ＝スマート ru Джон Альберт Массельман Карефа-Смарт ru Джон Карефа-Смарт ru Карефа-Смарт, Джон
🔖 Identifiers · 11
ISNI
0000000444577266
VIAF cluster ID
9507716
Library of Congress authority ID
no2002020972
Freebase ID
/m/0dzhxk
IdRef ID
101446012
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007446085405171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
36437182X
Our Campaigns candidate ID
41007
Prabook ID
1305775
SBN author ID
LIGV048138
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJxGYxtxYyYmqk46HhppT3

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 6
writer, lawyer, politician, minister, diplomat, university teacher
Educated at 5
Harvard University, McGill University, Fourah Bay College, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Otterbein University
Employer 3
Harvard University, Boston University, Howard University
Country of citizenship 1
Sierra Leone
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Rotifunk
Place of death 1
Freetown
Religion or worldview 1
Methodism
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

John Karefa-Smart was born on June 17, 1915[1], in Rotifunk[2]. He died on August 26, 2010[3], in Freetown[4]. He worked as a politician[5], university teacher[6], diplomat[7], lawyer[8], and writer[9].

FAQs

Where was John Karefa-Smart born?

John Karefa-Smart's place of birth was Rotifunk[2].

Where did John Karefa-Smart die?

John Karefa-Smart passed away in Freetown[4].

What did John Karefa-Smart do for work?

John Karefa-Smart worked as a politician[5], university teacher[6], diplomat[7], lawyer[8], and writer[9].

Where did John Karefa-Smart go to school?

John Karefa-Smart was educated at Fourah Bay College[17], McGill University[18], Harvard University[19], and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health[20].

Related Entities

Freetown lawyer Otterbein University Sierra Leone

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Database of Cabinet Politics in Sub-Sahara Africa. wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . Database of Cabinet Politics in Sub-Sahara Africa. wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . Database of Cabinet Politics in Sub-Sahara Africa. wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [11] ↑ . Database of Cabinet Politics in Sub-Sahara Africa. wikidata.org.
  19. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] ↑ . cocorioko.net. cocorioko.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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