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| VISCHER, HANNS. Adm. pens. at EMMANUEL, Mar. 1896. [S. of A. E. (and R. Sarasin). B. Sept. 14, 1876, at Basle, Switzerland . Educated in Switzerland and at St Lawrence College.] Matric. Michs. 1896; B.A. 1899; M.A. 1903. On the Church Missionary staff (Hausa Mission) in Northern Nigeria , 1900-1. Assistant Resident at Kano, Nigeria , 1903; Resident at Bornu, 1906; Director of Education, Northern Nigeria , 1908-18. Undertook a remarkable journey from Tripoli, through the forbidden hinterland, to Lake Chad, lasting from July to Dec. 1923. F.R.G.S. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Second Lieut., Nigeria Regt.; Major, Special List; General Staff Officer (Intelligence); C.B.E. 1919; Chevalier, Legion of Honour; Officer, Ordre de l'Etoile Noire; Chevalier, Ordre de la Couronne ( Belgium ); Cavalier, Order of the Crown of Italy ). Secretary of the Secretary of State's Advisory Committee, Colonial Office, 1923-39. C.B.E., 1919; C.M.G., 1934; Knighted, 1941. Author, Across the Sahara . Died Feb. 19, 1945, at his residence, Tykeford Lodge, Newport Pagnell. Brother of the next. ( St Lawrence Coll. Reg.; Who's Who; The Times, Feb. 21, 1945.) | Hanns VISCHER Approx. lifespan: 1876–1945 pens. Emmanuel College adm1896:03 s. of A. E. VISCHER (and R. Sarasin) b. Basle, Switzerland , 1876:09:14 Educated Switzerland , and at Sch: St Lawrence College St Lawrence, < >[[XXX], Matric 1896:10MT: BA 1899 MA 1903 On the Church Missionary staff: ( Hausa Mission ) Northern, Nigeria , 1900-01 Assistant Resident Kano, Nigeria , 1903 Resident Bornu, [Nigeria], 1906 Director of: : Education, Northern, Nigeria , 1908-18 Undertook a remarkable journey from Tripoli, [Tunisia], through the forbidden hinterland, to Lake Chad, [Central Africa], lasting 1923:07:-:12: FRGS served in the Great War: 1914-19 Second Lieutenant: Nigeria Regiment Major: Special List General Staff Officer: (Intelligence); CBE 1919 Chevalier, Legion of Honour Officer: Ordre de l'Etoile Noire; Chevalier, Ordre de la Couronne ( Belgium , ); Cavalier, Order of the Crown of Italy , ) Sec. of: : Sec. of State: 's Advisory Committee, Colonial Office 1923-39 CBE 1919 CMG 1934 Knighted 1941 Publ.: Across the Sahara d. 1945:02:19 at his residence, Tykeford Lodge, Tykeford, Newport Pagnell, [Buckinghamshire], brother of Marcus Matthaeus VISCHER (1898) ( St Lawrence College Reg.; Who's Who; The Times 1945:02:21) |