Ogunlade Davidson (26 May 1949 – 8 October 2022) was a Sierra Leonean scientist who was co-chair of the

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III,

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from 1997 until 2001, during the 4th Assessment Report. He was also an IPCC Vice-Chair from 2008-2014. From 1996 to 2000, he held the post of Dean of the Faculty of

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Fourah Bay College Fourah Bay College is a public university in the neighbourhood of Mount Aureol in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Founded on 18 February 1827, it is the first western-style university built in Sub-Saharan Africa and, furthermore, the first university-le ...

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. Davidson was appointed Minister of Energy and Water Resources of

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during the

Ernest Bai Koroma Ernest Bai Koroma (born 2 October 1953) is a Sierra Leone, Sierra Leonean politician who served as the fourth President of Sierra Leone from 17 September 2007 to 4 April 2018. Born and raised in Makeni in northern Sierra Leone, Koroma spent mo ...

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accessed 10 December 2010 Davidson died in 8 October 2022, at the age of 73.

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