Elphinstone Dayrell
| Elphinstone Dayrell | |||||||||||
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| Born | 1869 | ||||||||||
| Died | 1917 | ||||||||||
| Residence |
S. Nigeria; Golfers' Club, Whitehall Court, SW S. Nigeria; Junior Army and Navy Club, Whitehall, SW [1911] District Office, Ahoada, via Degema, S. Nigeria; club [1913] | ||||||||||
| Occupation |
colonial officer folklorist | ||||||||||
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Contents
Notes
Office Notes
House Notes
1909.11.16 proposed by R.E. Dennett, seconded by C. Partirdge
District Commissioner
death noted in the report of the council for 1918
Notes From Elsewhere
Born 1869; District Commissioner, Ikom, Eastern Province, Nigeria; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 1909-1918; died, 1917.
He served in the Boer War, but was invalided out. In the FCO he was appointed a Political Officer to help establish the boundary between German Kamerun and British Nigeria, before becoming a District Officer in the Cross River area. He died in Nigeria in a hospital in 1917, I think of disease. I need to do more work on this, especially in the FCO archives at Kew, and also trying to get hold of a death certificate, and to firm up dates of his appointments, etc. He was also FRGS, so they may have some info as well. [Prof. Tony King]
Publications
External Publications
Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria West Africa Why the Sun and The Moon Live In the Sky
House Publications
67. Some "Nsibidi" Signs. Man Vol. 10 (1910), pp. 113-114
Further Notes on 'Nsibidi Signs with Their Meanings from the Ikom District, Southern Nigeria. JRAI Vol. 41 (Jul. - Dec., 1911)
94. The Incest Tabu. Man Vol. 11 (1911), pp. 153-154
87. Notes on "Nyam Tunerra," or Cat's Cradle. Man Vol. 12 (1912), pp. 156-158
Related Material Details
RAI Material
MSS 22, 23, 210
photos
drawing in box 202
