[3] Israel was born on 30 April 1891 in Abeokuta, Ogun State to Josiah Ransome-Kuti and Bertha Anny Olubi.

[4] Upon his graduation from Fourah Bay College, Israel returned to Nigeria in 1916 to begin his career first as a class teacher at Abeokuta Grammar School until 1918 when he left his hometown.

[5] He was appointed as the principal of Ijebu Ode Grammar School for thirteen years and went on to found the Association of Headmasters of Ijebu Schools in 1926.

[citation needed] In 1931, Israel was appointed as the pioneering President of the newly formed Nigeria Union of Teachers,[6] a position he held until his retirement in 1954.

[7] On 6 April 1955, Israel died of a cancer-related illness at his residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State.