Edward Quist-Arcton
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19 September 1923
Edward Akufo Quist-Arcton | |
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| Born | Edward Akufo Quist-Arcton 19 September 1923 Accra |
| Education | Accra Academy |
| Alma mater | Brasenose College, Oxford |
| Occupations | Civil Servant, forester |
| Known for | First Chief Conservator of Forests |
Edward Akufo Quist-Arcton was a Ghanaian forester and civil servant. He was the Chief Conservator of Forests from 1961 to 1962 and the Principal Secretary to the Ghanaian Ministry of Agriculture from 1962 to 1964. He was the first Ghanaian to be appointed Chief Conservator of Forests.[1]
Quist-Arcton was born on 19 September 1923 in Accra, Ghana (then Gold Coast).[2] He was educated at Accra Academy where he was head boy for the 1942 batch of students, and thereafter attended Achimota College.[2] In 1948 Quist-Arcton became one of the earliest West Africans to enter the Commonwealth Forestry Institute of the University of Oxford.[2] There, he was a member of Brasenose College, and an active student in sports, taking special interest in hockey, tennis, and golf. He also joined the Oxford University Senior Training Corps, enrolling in three summer camps.[2] While at Oxford, Quist-Arcton was also a member of the West African Students' Club, a political group of which he served as its president in his third year. He graduated in 1952 with honours Moderations in the Natural Sciences, namely; Botany, Chemistry and Geology, and an honours degree in Forestry.[2][3][4]