William Henry Fitzjohn
Appearance
William Henry Fitzjohn | |
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Sierra Leonean Ambassador to the United States of Sierra Leone to United States | |
In office 27 April 1961 – 18 July 1961 | |
Succeeded by | Richard Edmund Kelfa-Caulker |
Sierra Leonean High Commissioner to the United Kingdom of Sierra Leone to United Kingdom[1] | |
In office 18 July 1961 – 1964 | |
Preceded by | Richard Edmund Kelfa-Caulker |
Succeeded by | Richard Edmund Kelfa-Caulker |
Sierra Leonean Ambassador to Nigeria of Sierra Leone to Nigeria | |
In office November 1971 – 1972 | |
Preceded by | H.C. Mansaray |
Succeeded by | 1993–2002: Joe Blell |
Personal details | |
Born | Mattru Jong | 5 November 1915
Died | 20 December 1989 Freetown | (aged 74)
Spouse | Muriel Alice Ayodele Cole |
Children | Amelia, Dwight, William Jr., Kwame, Walter, Mamei Katie and Jonathan Musselman |
Parents |
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Alma mater | Albert Academy (Freetown), Diploma and Sierra Leone Teachers Certificate.
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William Henry Fitzjohn (5 November 1915 – 20 December 1989) was a Sierra Leonean churchman, educator and diplomat.
- In 1946 he was Ordained into the Ministry of Evangelical United Brethren Church (Dayton, Ohio).
- From 1950 to 1959 he taught Educational Sociology and Religion, Fourah Bay College, University of Durham.
- From 1951 to 1959 he was Member of the Sierra Leone House of Parliament.
- From 1950 to 1959 he was associate minister King memorial, Evangelical United Brethren church.
- From 1959 to 1961 he was Chargé d'affaires in Washington, D.C. Early in the spring of 1961, a snub turned into an international incident, when William Fitzjohn, charge d'affaires for Sierra Leone in Washington, en route to Pittsburgh for a lecture, stopped for dinner with his driver at a Howard Johnson restaurant on the outskirts of Hagerstown.[2] Both men were refused service because of their color. President John F. Kennedy, appalled by what had transpired, received Fitzjohn in the White House. The president of Howard Johnson's apologized for the snub while the mayor of Hagerstown, Winslow F. Burhans, invited him to a dinner with several of the city's leading citizens.[3]
- From 1961 to 1964 he was High Commissioner (Commonwealth) in London (United Kingdom).
- in 1962 he became Director of Sierra Leone Selection Trust Ltd.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
- From November 1971 to 1976 he was High Commissioner in Lagos.[10]
References
- ^ "SLHC". Slhc-uk.org. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "Nation: Most Embarrassing". Content.time.com. 21 April 1961. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "Meeting with Dr. W. H. Fitzjohn, Charge d'Affaires, Sierra Leone, 9:40AM - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum". Jfklibrary.org. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "West Africa". West Africa Publishing Company, Limited. 10 October 1990. Retrieved 10 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Sierra Leone Year Book". Daily Mail Publication. 10 October 1965. Retrieved 10 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Sierra Leone Year Book". Daily Mail Publication. 10 October 1965. Retrieved 10 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Sierra Leone Year Book". Daily Mail Publication. 10 October 1965. Retrieved 10 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Sierra Leone Year Book". Daily Mail Publication. 10 October 1965. Retrieved 10 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ Uwechue, Raph; Limited, Africa Books (10 October 1991). "Makers of Modern Africa". Africa Journal Limited. Retrieved 10 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ Dixon-Fyle, Mac (10 October 1999). "A Saro Community in the Niger Delta, 1912-1984: The Potts-Johnsons of Port Harcourt and Their Heirs". University Rochester Press. p. 174. Retrieved 10 October 2018 – via Google Books.