Gershon Beresford Onesimus Collier
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Sierra Leone's first permanent representative to the Headquarters of the United Nations of ![]() to ![]() | |
In office 1961 – February 17, 1967 | |
Succeeded by | Christopher Okoro Cole |
Sierra Leonean Ambassador to the United States [es] of ![]() to ![]() | |
In office November 20, 1963 – February 17, 1967 | |
Preceded by | Richard Edmund Kelfa-Caulker |
Succeeded by | Christopher Okoro Cole |
Chief Justice of Sierra Leone | |
In office February 17, 1967 – March 21, 1967 | |
Preceded by | Sir Samuel Bankole Jones[1] |
Succeeded by | Banja Tejan-Sie |
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Born | (1927-02-16)February 16, 1927 Freetown |
Died | May 25, 1994(1994-05-25) (aged 67) New York City[citation needed] |
Spouse | Fashn Dora (m. 1954) |
Children | 2 |
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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. |
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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.