Theophilus Edward Samuel Scholes (pseudonym Bartholomew Smith) (c. 1858–c.
Scholes was born in Stewart Town, Trelawney Parish, Jamaica.
His sister Matilda did likewise, but when Theo was in the Congo, he was expecting her to join him there in missionary work, coming via England.
After completing his trainings as a baptist minister in 1880 there, he moved onto Edinburgh, where he qualified as a doctor in 1884.
[1] After spending time in the Congo Free State and Nigeria he returned to London.