Daniel Akyeampong

Daniel Afedzi Akyeampong (24 November 1938 – 7 March 2015) was a Ghanaian academic. He was the first Ghanaian to attain full professorship status in mathematics at the University of Ghana, Legon. In 1966, Daniel Akyeampong and Francis Allotey became the first Ghanaians to obtain a doctorate in mathematical sciences. He was the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana from 1983 to 1985.

Early life and education Akyeampong was born on 24 November 1938 at Senya Beraku in the Gold Coast colony (now Ghana). He was the youngest child of his father, Peter Napoleon Akyeampong, and his mother, Charity Afful. His secondary advisor was the University of London-based theoretical physicist, Paul Taunton Matthews.

Publications Akyeampong published about 26 papers in leading journals and conference proceedings, and also published the book which was the text of his speech at the silver jubilee edition of the J. B. Danquah Memorial Lectures: The Two Cultures Revisited: Interactions of Science and Culture, published by the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Personal life Akyeampong married Charlotte Sally Newton on 11 April 1970. Together, they had two sons and one daughter.

Death On Sunday 21 December 2014, Akyeampong sustained an injury leading to surgery at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital . He was successfully treated and released on the 1 January 2015. He suffered a septic shock and was admitted once again to Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. Akyeampong died a month and a half later, on 7 March 2015, aged 76. He was survived by his wife, three children and nine grandchildren.