Anton Wilhelm Amo
Also known as William Anton Amo, Anthony William Amo
Ghanaian-German philosopher
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- ca. 1700
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Title page of Amo's doctoral dissertation On the impassivity of the human mind (in Latin), Wittenberg, 1734 Anton Wilhelm Amo (c. 1703 – c. 1759) was a Nzema philosopher from Axim, Dutch Gold Coast then within what was broadly considered the region of Guinea (the area is now in Ghana).
Amo was a professor at the universities of Halle and Jena in Germany after studying at Halle. He was brought to Germany by the Dutch West India Company in 1707 and was presented as a gift to Dukes Augustus William and Ludwig Rudolf of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, being treated as a member of the family by their father Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
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1700s births1759 deaths18th-century German male writers18th-century German philosophers18th-century writers in LatinAcademic staff of the University of HalleAcademic staff of the University of JenaDutch Gold Coast peopleFormer slaves in EuropeGerman people of Ghanaian descentHistorical figures with disputed parentageKammermohr