Saburi Biobaku, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Saburi Biobaku

Nigerian historian

Date of Birth: 16-Jun-1918

Place of Birth: Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria

Date of Death: 01-Jan-2003

Profession: politician, historian, academic

Nationality: Nigeria

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Saburi Oladeni Biobaku (1918–2001) was a Nigerian scholar, historian and politician who was among a set of Yoruba historians who followed the pioneering effort of Samuel Johnson in setting the foundations of Yoruba historiography and creating reference notes of indigenous African historical literature.He was a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos and served as a pro-chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University.