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393:Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) (1947).
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242:British Medical Association
238:Royal College of Physicians
194:Royal College of Psychiatry
153:Edward Francis Bani Forster
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40:Edward Francis Bani Forster
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588:Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku
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226:Trinity College, Dublin
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234:Psychological Medicine
633:Gambian psychiatrists
535:The Ghana Law Reports
466:Coast, Gold (1955).
308:Essi Matilda Forster
292:Grand Medal of Ghana
287:from 1983 to 1984.
181:from 1983 to 1984.
94:Essi Matilda Forster
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274:University of Ghana
175:University of Ghana
141:University of Ghana
105:Academic background
658:People from Banjul
592:Gates, Henry Louis
469:Gold Coast Gazette
266:Ministry of Health
188:, a member of the
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319:References
294:in 1973.
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121:Alma mater
58:The Gambia
46:1917-12-16
110:Education
96:, m. 1944
90:Spouse(s)
82:physician
218:Freetown
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230:Ireland
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