Michael C. Atkinson

Michael C. Atkinson (OBE) was born in 1917 and educated at Brighton College, and Worcester College, Oxford. In 1939 he entered the Colonial Administrative Service as a cadet. He was posted to Nigeria where he later held the posts of Administrative Officer, class II, in Western Nigeria (1954); Administrative Officer, class I (1957); and Administrative Officer, staff grade (1957-1959).

From the guide to the Anecdotes about colonial life in Nigeria collected by Michael C. Atkinson, [ca. 1910-1950], (The Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House)