Английская Википедия:Gershon Collier
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Gershon Beresford Onesimus Collier (February 16, 1927 – May 25, 1994) was a Sierra Leone Creole diplomat, chief justice of Sierra Leone and educator. His granddaughter is WNBA player Napheesa Collier.
Career
- He was called to the English Bar at the Middle Temple Inns of Court, London.
- When Albert Margai left the Sierra Leone People's Party in 1958, Gershon Collier was one of the supporters and was a member of that People's National Party's first executive committee.
- In 1961, he became Sierra Leone's first permanent representative to the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City.
- On October 16, 1963, he was designated concurrently ambassador in Washington, D.C. war he was concurrently accredited from Шаблон:Dts, until Шаблон:Dts.
- He got in contact with Gamal Abdel Nasser who became Godparent of his son Gamal.
- In 1967, Albert Margai arranged his nomination as chief justice of Sierra Leone.
- However, Albert Margai lost the election in 1967 and Collier lost his office as chief justice.
- In 1967, Collier migrated to New York City where he took a teaching appointment at New York University.[1]
- Collier's granddaughter Napheesa Collier won a gold medal in basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
References
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- 1927 births
- 1994 deaths
- Ambassadors of Sierra Leone to the United States
- Permanent Representatives of Sierra Leone to the United Nations
- Chief justices of Sierra Leone
- Sierra Leone Creole people
- People from Freetown
- Fourah Bay College alumni
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