Gershon Collier

Gershon Beresford Onesimus Collier
Gershon Beresford Onesimus Collier
Sierra Leone's first permanent representative to the Sir Samuel Bankole Jones
Succeeded by	Banja Tejan-Sie
Personal details
Born	February 16, 1927; Freetown
Died	May 25, 1994 (aged 67); New York City[citation needed]
Spouse	Fashn Dora (m. 1954)
Children	2
Parents	Samuel Adolphus Collier (father); Maria Jeanette Collier (mother);
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.

Gershon Beresford Onesimus Collier (February 16, 1927 – May 25, 1994) was a

Career

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 November 20, 1963, until February 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.
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.^[2]
Collier's granddaughter Napheesa Collier won a gold medal in basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics.