Hunwick, John O.

Contributed to

Religion and state in the Songhay Empire, 1464-1591
essay 1966

Summary: John Owen Hunwick was a British academic, author, and Africanist. He published several books, articles and journals in the African Studies field. He was professor emeritus at Northwestern University, having retired in 2004 after 23 years of service. Hunwick died in Skokie, Illinois on 1 April 2015, at the age of 79. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3][4]
Born: 1936 [2][4]
Birth Place: Chard (Royaume-Uni) [3]; Chard [4]
Died: 2015-04-01 [3]
Death Place: Stroke, Ill. [3]; Skokie [4]
Country: United States [2]
Language: English [3]
Occupation: historian [4]; arabist [4]; Africanist [4]; translator [4]; Arabic teacher [4]
Profession: Historiker [2]
Employer: University of Ibadan [4]; University of Ghana [4]; The American University in Cairo [4]; School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London [4]; Northwestern University Department of History [4]; Northwestern University Department of Religion [4]
Educated at: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London [4][4]
Country of Education: United Kingdom [4]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. Wikidata

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