Achimota College University of Birmingham (BSc) Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (PhD)
Occupation
Scientist
Relatives
Theodosia Okoh
Letitia Eva Takyibea ObengFGA (10 January 1925 – 23 March 2023) was the first Ghanaian woman to obtain a degree in zoology and the first to be awarded a doctorate.[1] She is described as "the grandmother of female scientists in Ghana".[2]
^"LSTM welcomes alumna Dr Letitia Obeng | LSTM". www.lstmed.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
^"Meeting Ghana's First Female Scientist – Dr Letitia Obeng". www.ghanaweb.com. GhanaWeb. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
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1850–1927; petitioned Queen Victoria about Lands Bill. The poet and writer, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, arrived with her husband George MacLean in 1838 and died...
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