William Cullen Wilcox
American missionary to South Africa
Died when: 77 years 173 days (929 months)Star Sign: Leo
William Cullen Wilcox (August 6, 1850 – January 26, 1928) was an American missionary to South Africa.With his wife, Ida Belle Clary Wilcox, he "adopted" John Dube, who was to be the first President of the African National Congress and the first black founder of a South African school.
Ida Wilcox taught Nokutela Mdima who was to become Nokutela Dube.The Wilcoxes arranged for black South Africans to own land, and as a result they were driven out of South Africa in 1918.
The South African government conferred the Order of the Companions of O.R.Tambo on the Wilcoxes for their work in 2009.
They "sacrificed all that they had in solidarity with the South African people."
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