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William Napoleon Barleycorn (1848–1925), born in Santa Isabel, Fernando Po,
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and a Krio Fernandino of
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descent, was a Primitive Methodist
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who went to Fernando Po (now known as Bioko) in Africa in the early 1880s. From there, he traveled to
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Early life

He was the son of Napoleon Barleycorn, also a Primitive Methodist missionary in Fernando Po, who sent his sons to be educated at Bourne College in Quinton,
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. He, additionally, studied in Barcelona, Spain and Victoria,
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_village_of_Basupu._In_1871_he_abandoned_running_a_small_trading_store_and_moved_to_San_Carlos_(North-West_Bay)_to_work_as_an_assistant_for_a_European_missionary._In_1873_he_became_the_head_of_the_Primitive_Methodist_Day_School_in_San_Carlos._Barleycorn_made_several_trips_to_England,_and_received_by_the_conference_in_ Bubi_ BuBi_(officially:_MOL_BuBi)_is_a__bicycle_sharing_network_in_Budapest,_Hungary._Its_name_is_a_playful_contraction_Budapest_and_Bicikli_(bicycle_in_Hungarian),_meaning_"bubble"_in_an_endearing_manner._As_of_May_2019_the_network_consists_of_143_dock_...
_village_of_Basupu._In_1871_he_abandoned_running_a_small_trading_store_and_moved_to_San_Carlos_(North-West_Bay)_to_work_as_an_assistant_for_a_European_missionary._In_1873_he_became_the_head_of_the_Primitive_Methodist_Day_School_in_San_Carlos._Barleycorn_made_several_trips_to_England,_and_received_by_the_conference_in_Kingston_upon_Hull">Hull_to_serve_as_probationer_in_1881.


_Studying_in_Barcelona

In_1884_he_became_listed_as_one_of_the_regular_ministers,_and_studied_in_Barcelona_for_two_years_to_obtain_his_Spanish_teaching_certificate._He_became_the_visible_leader_of_Santa_Isabel's_ Bubi_ BuBi_(officially:_MOL_BuBi)_is_a__bicycle_sharing_network_in_Budapest,_Hungary._Its_name_is_a_playful_contraction_Budapest_and_Bicikli_(bicycle_in_Hungarian),_meaning_"bubble"_in_an_endearing_manner._As_of_May_2019_the_network_consists_of_143_dock_...
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_Studying_in_Barcelona

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Missionary work

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_village_of_Basupu._In_1871_he_abandoned_running_a_small_trading_store_and_moved_to_San_Carlos_(North-West_Bay)_to_work_as_an_assistant_for_a_European_missionary._In_1873_he_became_the_head_of_the_Primitive_Methodist_Day_School_in_San_Carlos._Barleycorn_made_several_trips_to_England,_and_received_by_the_conference_in_Kingston_upon_Hull">Hull_to_serve_as_probationer_in_1881.


_Studying_in_Barcelona

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 village of Basupu. In 1871 he abandoned running a small trading store and moved to San Carlos (North-West Bay) to work as an assistant for a European missionary. In 1873 he became the head of the Primitive Methodist Day School in San Carlos. Barleycorn made several trips to England, and received by the conference in Hull_to_serve_as_probationer_in_1881.


_Studying_in_Barcelona

In_1884_he_became_listed_as_one_of_the_regular_ministers,_and_studied_in_Barcelona_for_two_years_to_obtain_his_Spanish_teaching_certificate._He_became_the_visible_leader_of_Santa_Isabel's_Fernandinos">Fernandino_community_by_the_1890s,_and_served_as_a_patriarchal_remnant_of_the_Anglophone_and_Protestant_influence_on_the_island. In_his_honor,_a_,_$300_monument_was_erected_in_a_Protestant_cemetery_near_the_Fernandinos#II._Fernandinos_.28Krios.29">Krio_settlement_Port_Clarence_(Fernando_Po)">Clarence_Cove.


_Bubi_primer

Barleycorn_compiled_the_first_Bube_language.html" ;"title="Kingston upon Hull">Hull to serve as probationer in 1881.


Studying in Barcelona

In 1884 he became listed as one of the regular ministers, and studied in Barcelona for two years to obtain his Spanish teaching certificate. He became the visible leader of Santa Isabel's Fernandinos">Fernandino community by the 1890s, and served as a patriarchal remnant of the Anglophone and Protestant influence on the island. In his honor, a , $300 monument was erected in a Protestant cemetery near the Fernandinos#II. Fernandinos .28Krios.29">Krio settlement Port Clarence (Fernando Po)">Clarence Cove.


Bubi primer

Barleycorn compiled the first Bube language">Bube primer in 1875 along with co-missionary William B. Luddington.School of Oriental and African Studies Library: Luddington, William Broadbent
/ref> Two copies of ''Bubi na English'' primer compiled by William B. Luddington and William N. Barleycorn, 1875, are available for consultation in SOAS Library.


See also

* Edward Barleycorn * Edward Thaddeus Barleycorn Barber * Gertrude Johnson Barleycorn * Napoleon Barleycorn * Jeremiah (Jeremias) Barleycorn


References

Methodist missionaries in Equatorial Guinea Missionary linguists Translators from English Bubi 1848 births 1925 deaths Methodist ministers Fernandino people 19th-century Spanish Guinean people 20th-century Spanish Guinean people Igbo missionaries 20th-century translators Equatoguinean Methodist missionaries {{Africandiaspora-stub