James Sibree

James Sibree (1836–1929) ɗan mishan ɗan Ingilishi ne a kasar Madagascar tare da sha'awar tarihin halitta da tarihin al'adun tsibirin. Ya kasance mai zamani da masanin halitta Alfred Grandidier na Faransa kuma ya rubuta cikakkun littattafai game da flora da fauna na Madagascar, tarihin ƙasar gabaɗaya, da tarihin manufa a tsibirin. Ya kuma taimaka wajen gyara Littafi Mai Tsarki na Malagasy kuma ya rubuta littattafai masu yawa a yaren Malagasy. Ya kasance mai ba da ra'ayin 'yancin kai na Malagasy kafin Faransa ta mamaye Madagascar a 1895. Sibree kuma ya tsara kuma ya taimaka wajen gina sababbin gine-ginen mishan 100 da majami'u 50 a Madagascar. Ya kasance ɗan'uwan Royal Geographical Society kuma ya sami digiri na girmamawa daga Jami'ar St Andrews. Masanin ilimin dabbobi dan kasar Switzerland Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major mai suna Sibree's dwarf lemur bayansa a 1896. Rayuwar farko da aiki An haife shi a ranar 14 Afrilu 1836 a Hull, Ingila, zuwa wani minista na Ikilisiya, Rev. James Sibree, da Martha Goode Aston, ya halarci Makarantar Kolejin Hull kuma ya koyi aikin injiniyan farar hula a Hukumar Lafiya ta Hull daga 1859 zuwa 1863.[2] A cikin 1863, ya yi tafiya zuwa Antananarivo, Madagascar bayan ƙungiyar Mishan ta London (LMS) ta ba shi aikin kula da gine-ginen manyan majami'u na dutse guda huɗu, waɗanda kowannensu aka keɓe don tunawa da wani shahidi kwanan nan.[3] Majami'un sun kasance a Ambatonakanga, Ambohipotsy, Andohalo, da Manjakaray. Tare da majami'u, ya kuma kasance tare da gina wasu gine-ginen manufa kafin ya koma Ingila a 1867.[2]. Bayan dawowarsa, ya yi karatu don ma'aikatar Ikilisiya a Kwalejin Spring Hill a yankin Moseley na Birmingham, Ingila daga 1868 har zuwa 1870.[2][3] A lokacin, ya yi aiki a matsayin wakilin LMS.[2] A cikin 1870, an nada shi a Hull kuma ya yi aure.[2][3],Ya koma Madagascar a matsayin mai wa’azi na LMS a shekara ta 1870, ya zauna a Ambohimanga kuma ya kafa tashar ƙasa ta farko a wurin.[2] Daga wannan tashar, ya gudanar da aikin mishan da ke aiki a wajen babban birnin kasar.[2][3] An zabe shi a matsayin wakilin LMS don ya taimaka wajen sake duba Littafi Mai Tsarki na Malagasy a shekara ta 1873. A shekara ta 1874, ya shiga tawagar LMS a wata tafiya zuwa lardin Antsihanaka, kuma ya sake yin wata tafiya mai alaka da manufa zuwa kudu maso gabashin Madagascar a shekara ta 1876.[2]. Daga baya a wannan shekarar ya koma Antananarivo don koyarwa a kwalejin tauhidi.[2][3