1868–1963
Biography · Scholarship
Anton Wilhelm Amo
c. 1703–c. 1759
Ghana / Germany
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Biography
Brought to Germany as a child, Amo earned degrees in philosophy and law and taught at the universities of Halle and Jena, writing influential works on mind, perception and human rights.
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