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Taslim Olawale Elias

Taslim Olawale Elias, Nigerian academic and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (died 1991)

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Born
November 11, 1914
Died
August 14, 1991
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1914

About Taslim Olawale Elias

Taslim Olawale Elias was a Nigerian jurist who served as minister of Justice and attorney-general of Nigeria from 1960 to 1966, Chief Justice of Nigeria from 1972 to 1975 and president of the International Court of Justice from 1982 to 1985. He was a scholar who modernised and extensively revised the laws of Nigeria. In 1951, Elias was awarded a UNESCO Fellowship to undertake research into the legal, economic, and social problems of Africa. He continued his graduate education and became the first African to earn a PhD in law from the University of London in 1949. It was also in 1951 that he published his first book, Nigerian Land Law and Custom.

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Taslim Olawale Elias timeline

  1. He continued his graduate education and became the first African to earn a PhD in law from the University of London in 1949.
  2. In 1951, Elias was awarded a UNESCO Fellowship to undertake research into the legal, economic, and social problems of Africa.
  3. It was also in 1951 that he published his first book, Nigerian Land Law and Custom.

The world when Taslim Olawale Elias was born

Taslim Olawale Elias was born in 1914. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1914

  • Best-selling book"The Eyes of the World" – Harold Bell Wright

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports moment"Miracle Braves" complete greatest comeback in baseball history
  • Top headlineWorld War I begins — Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated
  • Technology milestonePanama Canal opens
  • World population~1.74B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population97.2M

1914 versus 2026

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Measure19142026
Population97.2M341 million

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