# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/adewale-oke-adekola
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:59:14.866Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/adewale-oke-adekola"
name: "Adewale Oke Adekola"
slug: "adewale-oke-adekola"
description: "Adewale Oke Adekola was a Nigerian engineer, academic, author, and administrator. He was the first Nigerian dean of engineering and head of civil engineering at the University of Lagos. He was the founding vice chancellor of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi and emeritus professor of the University of Lagos. He was a pioneer of engineering education in Nigeria and reputed as a great teacher. He became one of the first Nigerians to be awarded the degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) in 1976 - awarded by London University in engineering."
tagline: "Nigerian engineer, academic, author, and administrator"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1932-03-26"
deathDate: "1999"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.91
  momentum:             15
  historical:           4.868358666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adewale_Oke_Adekola"
    title: "Adewale Oke Adekola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adewale_Oke_Adekola"
    title: "Adewale Oke Adekola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adewale_Oke_Adekola"
    title: "Adewale Oke Adekola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adewale_Oke_Adekola"
    title: "Adewale Oke Adekola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adewale_Oke_Adekola"
    title: "Adewale Oke Adekola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adewale_Oke_Adekola"
    title: "Adewale Oke Adekola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27918223"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump