Chike Obi’s Biography, Net Worth, Fact, Career, Awards and Life Story
Mathematician
Frequently Asked Questions
Early Life and Education
Obi Was Educated in Various Parts of Nigeria Before Reading Mathematics as an External Student of the University of London. Immediately After His First Degree, He Won a Scholarship to Do Research Study at Pembroke College, Cambridge, Followed by Doctoral Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, Becoming in 1950, the First Nigerian to Receive a Phd in Mathematics.
Career as Mathematician
Obi Returned to Lecture at the Premier Nigerian University of Ibadan. He Was Soon Diverted from This by Political Activities. After the War, He Returned to Lecture in 1970 at the University of Lagos Where He Quickly Rose to the Senior Academic Role of a Professor.
Career in Politics and Activism
Obi Helped Form the Dynamic Party of Nigeria, of Which He Served as Its First Secretary-General. After the Party Merged with the Larger National Council of Nigerian and Cameroon, Obi Was Elected as Part of the Nigerian Delegation That Negotiated the Country’s Path to Self-Rule at Two London Conferences in 1957 and 1958.
Awards
A Visiting Professor to the University of Rhode Island, Usa, the University of Jos, Nigeria, and the Chinese Academy of Science, Obi Was a Recipient of the National Honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger (Con) and a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science.
Personal Life
Obi’s Wife Belinda Died in Early 2010 a Nurse and They Are Survived by Their Four Children. When Obi Died in 2008 He Was Survived by His Wife Until 2010
