Richard Edmund Kelfa-Caulker (March 1909 – April 2, 1975) was a

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...

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. He was the father of

Yema Lucilda Hunter Lucilda Hunter, née Caulker (15 July 1943 – 21 August 2022) was a Sierra Leonean librarian, novelist and biographer, who wrote under the name Yema Lucilda Hunter.Jones, Wilma L."Twenty Contemporary African Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliography" 199 ...

Career

*In 1929 he was Printing Instructor at the

Albert Academy The Albert Academy (AA) is a secondary school in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The school's motto is ''Esse Quam Vederi'' (Rather to be than to Seem). It is situated at Berry Street in Freetown. Among its alumni are Sierra Leone's first Prime Minister ...

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. *From 1931 to 1937 studied at a College in the U.S.A. *In 1938 he was a Senior Tutor at the

. *From 1939 to 1959 he was Principal of the

. *From 1959 to 1961 he was Commissioner for Sierra Leone and Gambia in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

. *From to 1964 he was Ambassador in

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*From 1964 to 1966 he was High Commissioner (Commonwealth) in

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). *From 1969 to 1973 he was Ambassador to

Monrovia Monrovia () is the capital city of the West African country of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic coast and as of the 2008 census had 1,010,970 residents, home to 29% of Liberia’s total population. As the ...

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Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kelfa-Caulker, Richard Edmund 1909 births Ambassadors of Sierra Leone to the United States High Commissioners of Sierra Leone to the United Kingdom High Commissioners of Sierra Leone to Nigeria Oberlin College alumni People from Moyamba District 1990 deaths