# Samuel Okoye

> Samuel Ejikeme Okoye was a Nigerian astrophysicist from Amawbia in Anambra State, Nigeria. Okoye was the first Black African to obtain a doctorate degree in radio astronomy.

*Nigerian physicist and Writer (1939-2009)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** Nigeria
- **Born:** 1939-07-26
- **Died:** 2009-11-18
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Samuel Ejikeme Okoye was a Nigerian astrophysicist from Amawbia in Anambra State, Nigeria. Okoye was the first Black African to obtain a doctorate degree in radio astronomy.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 36.2

## Sources
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- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Samuel_Okoye)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7412307)

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