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Name: BENSON, Thomas Godfrey

Nee: cousin of Humphrey Slade

Birth Date: 7 Dec 1899 Sheffield

Death Date: 21 Mar 1993 Blackburn

First Date: 1927

Profession: Principal, African, Educ Dept. in 1939, appointed 1932. Originally Asst. Master 1927

Area: 1930 Jeanes School, Box 340, Nairobi, Kisumu

Married: 1932 Ethel Dorothea 'Doe' Williams (1907-1989), youngest child of George Arthur and Isabel Williams

Children: Christopher John (1935, adopted); David Reginald (1945. adopted); John William (1945)

Author: Kikuyu-English Dictionary, 1964; Introductory Course in the Meru Language, 1966

Book Reference: Staff 39, Red 31, Colonial, Benson, Dominion, Foster

War Service: Military service 1918-19

School: Sherborne School and Clare College Cambridge MA Hons (Cantab)

General Information:

Benson - the Jeanes School where I had been since September 1927.

Benson - Just before the war became involved in the 'Oxford Group' or Moral Rearmament Benson - After the War he worked as a Senior Education Officer in Kisumu

Dominion - Education Department - Assistant Master - 1930

Gazette - 13/9/1927 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Assistant Master - T.G. Benson

Gazette - Voters List 1936 - Thomas Godfrey Benson, Civil Servant, Jeanes School, Kabete

Blue Book 1938 appt. 5.3.1927

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