Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Alfred Saker (21 July 1814 in Wrotham, Kent — 12 March 1880 in Peckham) was a British missionary. In 1858 he founded the Cameroon city of Victoria, since renamed Limbé, with Jamaican settlers from Fernando Po when Spanish authorities no longer allowed Baptist churches there.Alfred Saker wished to be known under no other designation than a "Missionary to Africa".He was a leader of the early British Baptist missionaries that established churches on Fernando Po Island and Cameroon. His 1844-1876 mission work included translation - between 1862 and 1872 - of the Bible into the Duala language.. }
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- Alfred_Saker abstract "Alfred Saker (21 July 1814 in Wrotham, Kent — 12 March 1880 in Peckham) was a British missionary. In 1858 he founded the Cameroon city of Victoria, since renamed Limbé, with Jamaican settlers from Fernando Po when Spanish authorities no longer allowed Baptist churches there.Alfred Saker wished to be known under no other designation than a "Missionary to Africa".He was a leader of the early British Baptist missionaries that established churches on Fernando Po Island and Cameroon. His 1844-1876 mission work included translation - between 1862 and 1872 - of the Bible into the Duala language.".