George Basden

George Thomas Basden (31 October 1873 – 30 December 1944) was  Archdeacon of the Niger from 1926 until 1936.

He was educated at the CMS College, Islington and Durham University. He was ordained in 1901 and was at Onitsha from 1902 until 1908. He was the Principal at Awka from 1908 until 1926 before his appointment as Archdeacon; and Rector of Jevington afterwards.

Photographs by G.T. Basden
Basden published two books of ethnography on the Igbo people of Nigeria: