| From |
Sierra Leone |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 16 February 1927, Freetown, Western Area, Sierra Leone |
| Death |
25 May 1994 (aged 67 years)
|
| Star sign | Aquarius |
Gershon Beresford Onesimus Collier was a Sierra Leonean diplomat, chief justice of Sierra Leone and educator.
Career
- He was called to the English Bar at the Middle Temple Inns of Court, London
- In 1958 when Albert Margai left the Sierra Leone People’s Party, 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 000000001963-11-20-0000November 20, 1963 til 000000001967-02-17-0000February 17, 1967.
- 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.
- But Albert Margai lost the election in 1967 and Collier lost his office as chief justice.
- In 1967 when the Siaka Stevens government followed Collier migrated to New York City where he took a teaching appointment at New York University.