EntityQ7791802· pop 5· linked from 11 articlesThomas Leighton DeckerSign in to saveSierra Leonean linguist, poet and journalist (1916-1978)ConnectionsLondonCityNigeriaCountrySierra LeoneCountryslaveryEntityLagosCityFreetownEntityRoyal Air ForceEntityJulius CaesarEntityOrder of the British EmpireEntityCalabarEntityKrioEntityjustice of the peaceEntityWaterlooEntitySierra Leone Creole peopleEntityBritish nationality lawEntitydemographics of Sierra LeoneEntityFourah Bay CollegeEntityI. T. A. Wallace-JohnsonEntityCategories1916 births1978 deaths20th-century journalists20th-century linguists20th-century male writers20th-century Sierra Leonean poetsCMS Grammar School, Lagos alumniFourah Bay College alumniLinguists from Sierra LeoneOfficers of the Order of the British EmpirePeople from CalabarSierra Leonean expatriates in Nigeria