Nathaniel King

Nathaniel King
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	14 ga Yuli, 1847
Mutuwa	12 ga Yuni, 1884
Karatu
Makaranta	University of Edinburgh (en) Fourah Bay College (en)
Sana'a
Sana'a	likita

Nathaniel King

Nathaniel Thomas King (14 Yuli 1847 - 12 Yuni 1884) ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin farkon likitocin yammacin Afirka da aka horar da su don yin aikin likita a Najeriya.

Rayuwa

An haifi King a Hastings, Saliyo, ga dangin Yarbawa na Reverend Thomas da Mary King. Mahaifinsa limamin cocin Mishan ne wanda ya taimaka wa Ajayi Crowther wajen fassara Littafi Mai Tsarki zuwa ga Yarbawa. A cikin shekarar 1850, mahaifinsa ya koma aikin Yarbawa a Abeokuta, Jihar Ogun, kuma dangi suka tafi tare da shi. A cikin shekarar 1861, Henry Venn ya ba da shawarar matashin Sarki a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ɗalibai huɗu da za a horar da su a cikin shirin horar da likitoci na Church Mission Society (CMS) a ƙarƙashin Dokta AA Harrison, likitan da ya horar a Cambridge. Koyaya, Harrison ya mutu a cikin shekarar 1865 kuma Venn ya ba da shawarar King zuwa Kwalejin Fourah Bay don ci gaba da karatunsa. Yayin da yake Freetown, ya kuma yi aiki a asibitin mulkin mallaka. Daga baya King ya tafi Kwalejin King, London, tare da tallafi daga kawunsa, Henry Robbin, da CMS. King ya sami MRCS daga Kwalejin King da digirinsa na likitanci daga Jami'ar Edinburgh da Jami'ar Aberdeen a shekarar 1876. Ya dawo Najeriya kuma ya tsunduma cikin bunƙasa aikin likitancin zamani a ƙasar.

A Najeriya, ya inganta tsaftar muhalli, ya zama mai jarrabawar Makarantar Grammar CMS, Legas, da Kwalejin Wesley kuma ya kasance mamba a asusun Rebecca Hussey fund for Africans Archived 2020-02-24 at the Wayback Machine.

Ya mutu a shekara ta 1884 yana matashi yana da shekaru 37.