Gershon Beresford Onesimus Collier | |
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Sierra Leone's first permanent representative to the Headquarters of the United Nations of ![]() to ![]() |
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In office 1961 – February 17, 1967 |
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Succeeded by | Christopher Okoro Cole |
Sierra Leonean Ambassador to the United States of ![]() to ![]() |
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In office November 20, 1963 – February 17, 1967 |
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Preceded by | Richard Edmund Kelfa-Caulker |
Succeeded by | Christopher Okoro Cole |
Chief Justice of Sierra Leone | |
In office February 17, 1967 – March 21, 1967 |
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Preceded by | Sir Samuel Bankole Jones |
Succeeded by | Banja Tejan-Sie |
Personal details | |
Born |
February 16, 1927 Freetown |
Died | May 25, 1994 New York City |
(aged 67)
Spouse(s) | In 1954 he married Fashn Dora |
Children | one daughter |
Mother | Maria Jeanette Collier |
Father | Samuel Adolphus Collier |
Education | CMS Grammar School and Fourah Bay College |
Alma mater |
studied law, M.A., B.C.L., B.L.. LL.M., J.S.D. at New York University University. |
studied law, M.A., B.C.L., B.L.. LL.M., J.S.D. at New York University
Gershon Beresford Onesimus Collier was a Sierra Leonean diplomat, chief justice of Sierra Leone and educator.