Kwesi Dickson
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Professor Kwesi Abotsia Dickson |
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| Born |
July 7, 1929 Saltpond, Ghana |
| Died | October 28, 2005 (aged 76) Accra, Ghana |
| Resting place | Winneba, Ghana |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
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| Occupation | |
| Employer | University of Ghana |
| Organization | Methodist Church Ghana |
| Notable work | Theology in Africa |
| Home town | Winneba, Ghana |
| Title | President of the Methodist Church of Ghana |
| Term | 1990 – 1997 |
| Predecessor | Jacob S.A. Stephens |
| Successor | Samuel Asante Antwi |
| Spouse(s) | Mrs. Cecilia Dickson |
| Children | 4 |
| Relatives | K. B. Dickson (brother) |
| Notes | |
Kwesi Abotsia Dickson (7 July 1929 – 28 October 2005) was a priest, theologian, author and academic. He was the seventh President of the Methodist Church Ghana and a professor at the University of Ghana, Legon.
Kwesi Dickson was born at Saltpond in the Central Region of Ghana. He was educated at the Mfantsipim School at Cape Coast. He completed his basic ministerial training at the Trinity Theological Seminary (then Trinity College in Kumasi) in 1951. He then attended the University of Ghana, then the University College of the Gold Coast. Next he went to the United Kingdom where his postgraduate education was at Mansfield College, Oxford at Oxford University.
Dickson was ordained into the ministry of the Methodist Church of Ghana at the British Methodist Conference of 1957. He served in various capacities at the University of Ghana over three decades until 1989. He has been the Head of the Department for the Study of Religions, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Master of Commonwealth Hall, the first Dean of Students and the Director of the Institute of African Studies. when he was succeeded by Kwame Arhin.
At various times, he served as adjunct professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at the Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon. He was also a fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was its president on two occasions. He also worked at the University of Swaziland as a visiting professor.
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