Gershon Collier

Gershon Beresford Onesimus Collier
Sierra Leone's first permanent representative to the Headquarters of the United Nations
of Sierra Leone
to United Nations
In office
1961 – February 17, 1967
Succeeded byChristopher Okoro Cole
Sierra Leonean Ambassador to the United States
of Sierra Leone
to United States
In office
November 20, 1963 – February 17, 1967
Preceded byRichard Edmund Kelfa-Caulker
Succeeded byChristopher Okoro Cole
Chief Justice of Sierra Leone
In office
February 17, 1967 – March 21, 1967
Preceded bySir Samuel Bankole Jones
Succeeded byBanja Tejan-Sie
Personal details
Born(1927-02-16)February 16, 1927
Freetown, Sierra Leone
DiedMay 25, 1994(1994-05-25) (aged 67)
New York City, U.S.
SpouseFashu Dora (m. 1954)
Children2
Parents
  • Samuel Adolphus Collier (father)
  • Maria Jeanette Collier (mother)
EducationCMS Grammar School and Fourah Bay College
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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.

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