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  • James Pearse was a Lagos clergyman of the late 19th Century who was tutor to distinguished persons like Ademola II, Alake of Egba, Eric Moore, Adebesin Folarin and J.K. Coker. Pearse was born in Abeokuta on April 3, 1857. He attended St. Peter’s Day School till the Ifole crisis in 1867 when he came over…

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