{"id":12031,"date":"2017-02-24T11:38:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T10:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=12031"},"modified":"2017-11-10T13:37:58","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T12:37:58","slug":"olaniyan-professor-richard-adeboye","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/olaniyan-professor-richard-adeboye\/","title":{"rendered":"OLANIYAN, Prof Richard Adeboye"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.A, M.A, Ph.D, historian, university teacher, born August 7, 1942, Oshogbo, Osun State; married Adebisi Omolara Adegun 1982,fivesons,one daughter; Education St. Benedict&#8217;s Catholic School, Osogbo,T947- 54, St. Peter&#8217;s College, Akure, 1956-59, Regis College, Denver, Colorado, USA, 1961-65, Georgetown University, Washing ton D.C, USA, 1965-69; Career: Appointed Teaching Assistant, Georgetown University. Washinston D.C, USA, 1968-69; Lecturer, Obafemi Awolowo University (formerly University ofIfe), Ile-Ife, 1970-72; Lecturer I, 1972-74; Senior Lecturer, 1974-83; ap pointed Professor of History, Obafemi Awolowo University, 1983-Date; member, American Historical Association^ince 1967; member, Historical Society ofNigeria, 1970; member, American Studies Association, 1978-91; Associate Member, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C, USA, 1980-87; Foundation President, 1990-95; member, American Studies Association of Nigeria, 1990-Date; member, Advisory Board Con nections, Indiana University; Awards: Re cipient, Jesuit Educational Association Scholarship, 1961-65, recipient, Denforth Foundation Fellow, 1965-69; recipient, .President&#8217;s Scholar, 1965; Publications: Co-author, Ife: The HolyCityofthe Yoruba, University Press, Ife 1982; African History and Culture, Longman, Lagos, 1982; Guinea Bissau In Anglo-Portuguese Rela tions, University Press, Ife, 1984; Nigerian History and Culture, Longman, London, 1985; Obafemi Awolowo University, Bir mingham, KNP, 1987; Federalism In A Changing World, Lagos, OMSD, 1988; Ni gerian Diplomacy, OAU Press, 1990; Tra ditional Title: Asiwaju Ijo of St. Benedicts Catholic Cathederal, Osogbo, 1994; Hob bies: photography, table tennis, music; Of ficial Address: Department of History, P.O. Box 1045,ObafemiAwolowo University, Ile- Ife, Osun State;TeIephone: 036-230290-9 extension 4213; Home: House 12, Road 9A, Senior Staff Quarters, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife; Osun State; Telephone: 036-233-457\/231-462; E-mail: Q|arich@oauife*edu.ng<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[1505,2414],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-12031","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-educationist","category-historian"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/12031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/12031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12031"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=12031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}