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'''Geoffrey Douglas Langlands''' [[Order of St. Michael and St. George|CMG]], [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]], [[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|HI]], [[Nishan-e-Pakistan|SPk]] (21 October 1917 – 2 January 2019) was a British educationalist who spent most of his life teaching in and leading [[education in Pakistan|schools in Pakistan]], instructing many of the country's elite. In World War II he served as a [[Major (United Kingdom)|Major in the British Army]], and afterwards in the [[British Indian Army]], where he worked to keep the peace during the [[Partition of India|partition of the British Indian Empire]] in 1947.<ref name=Walsh>{{cite news| title=He has been kidnapped and taken tea with princesses: a British major's life teaching in the Hindu Kush| first=Declan| last=Walsh| date=10 August 2009| url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/aug/10/geoffrey-langlands-pakistan-school| work=[[The Guardian]]| location=[[Manchester]]| access-date=29 December | '''Geoffrey Douglas Langlands''' [[Order of St. Michael and St. George|CMG]], [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]], [[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|HI]], [[Nishan-e-Pakistan|SPk]] (21 October 1917 – 2 January 2019) was a British educationalist who spent most of his life teaching in and leading [[education in Pakistan|schools in Pakistan]], instructing many of the country's elite. In World War II he served as a [[Major (United Kingdom)|Major in the British Army]], and afterwards in the [[British Indian Army]], where he worked to keep the peace during the [[Partition of India|partition of the British Indian Empire]] in 1947.<ref name=Walsh>{{cite news| title=He has been kidnapped and taken tea with princesses: a British major's life teaching in the Hindu Kush| first=Declan| last=Walsh| date=10 August 2009| url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/aug/10/geoffrey-langlands-pakistan-school| work=[[The Guardian]]| location=[[Manchester]]| access-date=29 December 2014}}</ref> He transferred to the [[Pakistani Army]] at the birth of the country, and returned to a career in education, first of army officers. Then, at the invitation of [[President of Pakistan|the President]], he joined the so-called "[[Eton College|Eton]] of Pakistan", [[Aitchison College]] in [[Lahore]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Drury |first1=Flora |title=Relic of the Raj who schooled a nation |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-46757125 |access-date=7 January 2019 |work=BBC News |date=6 January 2019}}</ref> After 25 years there, he left to lead a [[military high school]], [[Cadet College Razmak]].<ref name="Langlands turns 100">{{cite news |last1=Reporter |first1=A. |title=Langlands turns 100 |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1365420 |access-date=6 January 2019 |work=DAWN.COM |date=22 October 2017 |language=en}}</ref> He ended his career by taking on a new school in [[Chitral]] and raising it to internationally high standards; he continued to lead it into his 90s, when it was renamed in his honour [[Langlands School and College]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Editor |first1=T. N. S. |title=Chitral and back in a jiffy |url=http://tns.thenews.com.pk/chitral-and-back-in-a-jiffy/#.XDOefmj7S01 |access-date=7 January 2019 |work=TNS - The News on Sunday |date=9 August 2015}}</ref><ref name=NYT>{{cite news| title=Briton There at Pakistan's Birth Stays at 94, a Living Textbook| first=Declan| last=Walsh| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/09/world/asia/formidable-pakistan-school-losing-longtime-teacher.html?_r=0| work=[[The New York Times]]| date=8 June 2012| access-date=29 December 2014|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name=Hasan>{{cite news|title=Chitral's patron saint |url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/todays-news-9-216067-chitrals-patron-saint |access-date=29 December 2014 |first=Masood |last=Hasan |work=[[The News International]] |date=24 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213005636/http://www.thenews.com.pk/todays-news-9-216067-chitrals-patron-saint |archive-date=13 December 2014 }}</ref><ref name=Observer>{{cite news|title=TWS to honour Langtands services |url=http://pakobserver.net/201401/09/detailnews.asp?id=229856 |access-date=29 December 2014 |work=[[Pakistan Observer]] |date=9 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209130719/http://pakobserver.net/201401/09/detailnews.asp?id=229856 |archive-date=9 December 2014 }}</ref><ref name=BBC>{{cite web| title=Meet the 92 year-old teacher finally calling it a day| date=6 May 2010| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8664333.stm| work=[[BBC News]]| access-date=29 December 2014}}</ref> | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Langlands was born in <!--21 October--> 1917, with a twin brother,<ref name="Aaj News">{{cite news |last1=Ahmed |first1=Alize |title=Campaigner of education: Major Geoffrey of the Hindu Kush retires from school |url=https://www.aaj.tv/2013/03/campaigner-of-education-major-geoffrey-of-the-hindu-kush-retires-from-school/ |access-date=6 January 2019 |work=Aaj News |archive-date=6 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106040722/https://www.aaj.tv/2013/03/campaigner-of-education-major-geoffrey-of-the-hindu-kush-retires-from-school/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> in [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], England, to a father employed in an Anglo-American company and a mother who was a classical folk dance instructor. His father died <!--27 October 1918,--> in the [[1918 flu pandemic]]<ref name="Aaj">{{cite news |title=Campaigner of education: Major Geoffrey of the Hindu Kush retires from school |url=https://www.aaj.tv/2013/03/campaigner-of-education-major-geoffrey-of-the-hindu-kush-retires-from-school/ |work=Aaj News |access-date=2 January 2019 |archive-date=6 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106040722/https://www.aaj.tv/2013/03/campaigner-of-education-major-geoffrey-of-the-hindu-kush-retires-from-school/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> that killed millions worldwide. His mother then took her children to her parents' home in [[Bristol]]. | Langlands was born in <!--21 October--> 1917, with a twin brother,<ref name="Aaj News">{{cite news |last1=Ahmed |first1=Alize |title=Campaigner of education: Major Geoffrey of the Hindu Kush retires from school |url=https://www.aaj.tv/2013/03/campaigner-of-education-major-geoffrey-of-the-hindu-kush-retires-from-school/ |access-date=6 January 2019 |work=Aaj News |archive-date=6 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106040722/https://www.aaj.tv/2013/03/campaigner-of-education-major-geoffrey-of-the-hindu-kush-retires-from-school/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> in [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], England, to a father employed in an Anglo-American company and a mother who was a classical folk dance instructor. His father died <!--27 October 1918,--> in the [[1918 flu pandemic]]<ref name="Aaj">{{cite news |title=Campaigner of education: Major Geoffrey of the Hindu Kush retires from school |url=https://www.aaj.tv/2013/03/campaigner-of-education-major-geoffrey-of-the-hindu-kush-retires-from-school/ |work=Aaj News |access-date=2 January 2019 |archive-date=6 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106040722/https://www.aaj.tv/2013/03/campaigner-of-education-major-geoffrey-of-the-hindu-kush-retires-from-school/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> that killed millions worldwide. His mother then took her children to her parents' home in [[Bristol]]. | ||
She died of cancer ten years later, as soon thereafter did the children's grandfather,<ref name="Aaj"/> leaving Langlands and his siblings without any living relatives. He was given a free place at [[King’s College, Taunton]] (an [[Independent school (United Kingdom)|independent]] - i.e.fee-paying - school) by its headmaster, a family friend.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tweedie |first1=Neil |title=Major Geoffrey Langlands, 94, leaves his post in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province after 60 years |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/9326681/Major-Geoffrey-Langlands-94-leaves-his-post-in-Pakistans-North-West-Frontier-Province-after-60-years.html |access-date=7 January 2019 |date=13 June | She died of cancer ten years later, as soon thereafter did the children's grandfather,<ref name="Aaj"/> leaving Langlands and his siblings without any living relatives. He was given a free place at [[King’s College, Taunton]] (an [[Independent school (United Kingdom)|independent]] - i.e.fee-paying - school) by its headmaster, a family friend.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tweedie |first1=Neil |title=Major Geoffrey Langlands, 94, leaves his post in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province after 60 years |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/9326681/Major-Geoffrey-Langlands-94-leaves-his-post-in-Pakistans-North-West-Frontier-Province-after-60-years.html |access-date=7 January 2019 |date=13 June 2012}}</ref> His older brother received a scholarship to an orphan school in Bristol, and a family friend helped secure positions for the other children.<ref name=Shaukat>{{cite news| title=Major Langlands: The blue-eyed boy| first=Aroosa| last=Shaukat| url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/646750/major-langlands-the-blue-eyed-boy/| access-date=29 December 2014| work=[[The Express Tribune]]| location=Pakistan| date=22 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Third World Solidarity to honour Major Langlands, hold press conference |url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/punjab/09-Jan-2014/third-world-solidarity-to-honour-major-langlands-hold-press-conference |first=Saira |last=Agha |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |access-date=29 December 2014 |work=[[Daily Times (Pakistan)|Daily Times]] |date=9 January 2014 |location=Pakistan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209124334/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/punjab/09-Jan-2014/third-world-solidarity-to-honour-major-langlands-hold-press-conference |archive-date=9 December 2014 }}</ref><ref name=Raha>{{cite news| title=Bound by duty| first=Sonali| last=Raha| url=http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/general/bound-by-duty-1.348373| access-date=29 December 2014| work=[[Gulf News]]| location=[[Dubai]]| date=25 February 2003}}</ref> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
===Military career=== | ===Military career=== | ||
In July 1935, Langlands completed his A Level education and began his teaching career in London, the following year at age 18.{{citation needed|date=January | In July 1935, Langlands completed his A Level education and began his teaching career in London, the following year at age 18.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} In September 1936, he was a mathematics and science teacher to second grade students in a school in Croydon.<ref name=Raha/> When [[World War II]] began in 1939, Langlands joined the British Army as an enlisted soldier. In 1942, Langlands became a [[commando]] and took part in the [[Dieppe Raid]].<ref name=Shaukat/> | ||
In January 1944, Langlands arrived in [[British India]] as an army volunteer on a troop carrier and worked three years as part of the selection board for officers training in [[Bangalore]]. Rising to the acting rank of [[troop sergeant major]], he received an emergency commission in the [[British Indian Army]] as a [[second lieutenant]] in the [[Garhwal Rifles]] on 3 September 1944.<ref name="Indian_Army_List_47">{{cite book|pages=857|title=Indian Army List (Special Edition) 1947|publisher=Government of India Press|year=1947}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36821|page=5523|date=1 December 1944}}</ref> After Bangalore, Langlands was stationed in [[Dehradun]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Major Geoffrey Langlands was 30 years old at Partition |url=https://www.dawn.com/in-depth/partition/story/major-geoffrey-langlands/ |work=Dawn}}</ref> He was promoted to temporary captain on 28 July 1945, subsequently transferring to the [[14th Punjab Regiment]].<ref name="Indian_Army_List_47"/> During the [[partition of India|partition of the sub-continent]] in 1947 when India and Pakistan became independent nations, Langlands decided to move to Pakistan and was transferred to [[Rawalpindi]] where he joined the [[Pakistan Army]].<ref name=Tweedie>{{cite news| title=Goodbye to Major Geoffrey Langlands of the Hindu Kush| first=Neil| last=Tweedie| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatlife/9958980/Goodbye-to-Major-Geoffrey-Langlands-of-the-Hindu-Kush.html| access-date=29 December 2014| work=[[Telegraph Media Group|The Telegraph]]| date=30 March | In January 1944, Langlands arrived in [[British India]] as an army volunteer on a troop carrier and worked three years as part of the selection board for officers training in [[Bangalore]]. Rising to the acting rank of [[troop sergeant major]], he received an emergency commission in the [[British Indian Army]] as a [[second lieutenant]] in the [[Garhwal Rifles]] on 3 September 1944.<ref name="Indian_Army_List_47">{{cite book|pages=857|title=Indian Army List (Special Edition) 1947|publisher=Government of India Press|year=1947}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36821|page=5523|date=1 December 1944}}</ref> After Bangalore, Langlands was stationed in [[Dehradun]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Major Geoffrey Langlands was 30 years old at Partition |url=https://www.dawn.com/in-depth/partition/story/major-geoffrey-langlands/ |work=Dawn}}</ref> He was promoted to temporary captain on 28 July 1945, subsequently transferring to the [[14th Punjab Regiment]].<ref name="Indian_Army_List_47"/> During the [[partition of India|partition of the sub-continent]] in 1947 when India and Pakistan became independent nations, Langlands decided to move to Pakistan and was transferred to [[Rawalpindi]] where he joined the [[Pakistan Army]].<ref name=Tweedie>{{cite news| title=Goodbye to Major Geoffrey Langlands of the Hindu Kush| first=Neil| last=Tweedie| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatlife/9958980/Goodbye-to-Major-Geoffrey-Langlands-of-the-Hindu-Kush.html| access-date=29 December 2014| work=[[Telegraph Media Group|The Telegraph]]| date=30 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=Crilly>{{cite news| title=Former major, 93, honoured for 60 years teaching in tribal Pakistan| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/8075841/Former-major-93-honoured-for-60-years-teaching-in-tribal-Pakistan.html| access-date=29 December 2014| last=Crilly| first=Rob| work=The Telegraph| date=20 October 2010}}</ref> | ||
===Teaching career=== | ===Teaching career=== | ||
[[File:Aitchisoncollege.jpeg|thumb|Aitchison College]] | [[File:Aitchisoncollege.jpeg|thumb|Aitchison College]] | ||
[[File:Chitral in summer.JPG|thumb|Chitral in summer]] | [[File:Chitral in summer.JPG|thumb|Chitral in summer]] | ||
Langlands began his career in Pakistan by working as an instructor for the country's newly created army. He selected and trained officers for approximately six years.{{citation needed|date=January | Langlands began his career in Pakistan by working as an instructor for the country's newly created army. He selected and trained officers for approximately six years.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} Upon the completion of the contract with Pakistan Army, British Army troops began to leave the country, and Langlands had to decide what to do next. [[Ayub Khan (President of Pakistan)|Ayub Khan]], then [[President of Pakistan]], asked him to stay and teach, which he immediately agreed to do.<ref name="BBC News">{{cite news |title=Relic of the Raj who schooled a nation |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-46757125 |access-date=6 January 2019 |work=BBC News |date=6 January 2019}}</ref> | ||
He devoted the next 25 years to the so-called "Eton of Pakistan", [[Aitchison College]] in [[Lahore]],<ref name="BBC News"/> teaching mathematics to "upper-crust young Pakistanis destined to lead in business, politics and the army"<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=Declan |title=He has been kidnapped and taken tea with princesses: a British major's life teaching in Pakistan's Hindu Kush |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/aug/10/geoffrey-langlands-pakistan-school |access-date=6 January 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=9 August | He devoted the next 25 years to the so-called "Eton of Pakistan", [[Aitchison College]] in [[Lahore]],<ref name="BBC News"/> teaching mathematics to "upper-crust young Pakistanis destined to lead in business, politics and the army"<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=Declan |title=He has been kidnapped and taken tea with princesses: a British major's life teaching in Pakistan's Hindu Kush |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/aug/10/geoffrey-langlands-pakistan-school |access-date=6 January 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=9 August 2009}}</ref> and rising to be the college's dean<ref name="Samaa TV">{{cite news |title=Major Geoffrey Langlands, former Aitchison dean and lifelong educationist, passes away |url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2019/01/major-geoffrey-langlands-former-aitchison-dean-and-lifelong-educationist-passes-away/ |access-date=6 January 2019 |work=Samaa TV}}</ref> and headmaster of its [[Preparatory school (United Kingdom)|prep school]].<ref name="Langlands turns 100"/> | ||
In 1979, the [[List of Chief Ministers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Chief Minister of the Northwest Frontier Province]] (now [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]) offered Langlands the post of principal at [[Cadet College Razmak]] in [[North Waziristan]].<ref name="Langlands turns 100"/> IN April Langlands joined the Cadet College, which had been created only the year before,<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=http://ccr.edu.pk/history-2/ |website=Cadet College Razmak |access-date=6 January | In 1979, the [[List of Chief Ministers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Chief Minister of the Northwest Frontier Province]] (now [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]) offered Langlands the post of principal at [[Cadet College Razmak]] in [[North Waziristan]].<ref name="Langlands turns 100"/> IN April Langlands joined the Cadet College, which had been created only the year before,<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=http://ccr.edu.pk/history-2/ |website=Cadet College Razmak |access-date=6 January 2019}}</ref> and served until September 1989.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reporter |first1=A. |title=Langlands turns 100 |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1365420 |work=DAWN.COM |date=22 October 2017 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
In late 1989, Langlands took charge of the first private school in [[Chitral]], which was later renamed [[Langlands School and College]] in his honour.<ref name="BBC News"/> The school, founded in September 1988 by local Deputy Commissioner Javed Majeed,<ref>{{cite news |title=In Memory of Maj Geoffrey Douglas Langlands |url=https://www.chitralnews.com/2019/01/05/in-memory-of-maj-geoffrey-douglas-langlands/ |access-date=6 January 2019 |work=Chitral News |date=5 January | In late 1989, Langlands took charge of the first private school in [[Chitral]], which was later renamed [[Langlands School and College]] in his honour.<ref name="BBC News"/> The school, founded in September 1988 by local Deputy Commissioner Javed Majeed,<ref>{{cite news |title=In Memory of Maj Geoffrey Douglas Langlands |url=https://www.chitralnews.com/2019/01/05/in-memory-of-maj-geoffrey-douglas-langlands/ |access-date=6 January 2019 |work=Chitral News |date=5 January 2019}}</ref> grew steadily under his leadership. From 80 pupils it grew to 800, about a third girls, and many won scholarships to universities.<ref name="BBC News"/> | ||
Langlands served the school for the rest of his life. He suffered a stroke in 2008, which hastened the search for a replacement. By the time [[Declan Walsh (journalist)|Declan Walsh]] reported on the man and the school in 2009, it was clear that standards had slipped, and the financial situation was parlous; the district's top official said Langlands was ""A brilliant teacher but not a good manager."<ref name="The Guardian"/> Eventually another principal was found, and Langlands reluctantly agreed to move to [[grace and favour]] accommodation on the grounds of Aitchison College, as it was thought that he could do more good for the Chitral school by fundraising in the capital.<ref name="Aaj"/> At the age of 94 in September 2012, he moved back to Lahore.<ref>{{cite news| title=Class, say hello to Miss Chips of the Hindu Kush| url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/newsreview/features/article1062002.ece| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714212942/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/newsreview/features/article1062002.ece| url-status=dead| archive-date=14 July 2014| first=Margarette| last=Driscoll| access-date=29 December 2014| work=[[The Sunday Times]]| date=17 June 2012|url-access=subscription }}</ref> | Langlands served the school for the rest of his life. He suffered a stroke in 2008, which hastened the search for a replacement. By the time [[Declan Walsh (journalist)|Declan Walsh]] reported on the man and the school in 2009, it was clear that standards had slipped, and the financial situation was parlous; the district's top official said Langlands was ""A brilliant teacher but not a good manager."<ref name="The Guardian"/> Eventually another principal was found, and Langlands reluctantly agreed to move to [[grace and favour]] accommodation on the grounds of Aitchison College, as it was thought that he could do more good for the Chitral school by fundraising in the capital.<ref name="Aaj"/> At the age of 94 in September 2012, he moved back to Lahore.<ref>{{cite news| title=Class, say hello to Miss Chips of the Hindu Kush| url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/newsreview/features/article1062002.ece| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714212942/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/newsreview/features/article1062002.ece| url-status=dead| archive-date=14 July 2014| first=Margarette| last=Driscoll| access-date=29 December 2014| work=[[The Sunday Times]]| date=17 June 2012|url-access=subscription }}</ref> | ||
Langlands disagreed with some of the changes his successor - also a British citizen - began to put in place.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Newspaper |first1=the |title=Tale of a Chitral school |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1192459/tale-of-a-chitral-school |access-date=6 January 2019 |work=DAWN.COM |date=5 July 2015 |language=en}}</ref> He attempted to prevent [[Carey Schofield]] from doing her work by asking a former pupil, [[Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan]], the [[Ministry of Interior (Pakistan)|Interior Minister]], to deny her a [[work visa]].<ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite news |last1=Boone |first1=Jon |title=Exiled head returns to Pakistan school after legendary predecessor relents |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/15/exiled-head-returns-pakistan-school-geoffrey-langland-chitral |access-date=6 January 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=15 February | Langlands disagreed with some of the changes his successor - also a British citizen - began to put in place.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Newspaper |first1=the |title=Tale of a Chitral school |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1192459/tale-of-a-chitral-school |access-date=6 January 2019 |work=DAWN.COM |date=5 July 2015 |language=en}}</ref> He attempted to prevent [[Carey Schofield]] from doing her work by asking a former pupil, [[Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan]], the [[Ministry of Interior (Pakistan)|Interior Minister]], to deny her a [[work visa]].<ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite news |last1=Boone |first1=Jon |title=Exiled head returns to Pakistan school after legendary predecessor relents |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/15/exiled-head-returns-pakistan-school-geoffrey-langland-chitral |access-date=6 January 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=15 February 2016}}</ref> Eventually scores of the college staff boarded a school bus for the 1000 km drive to Lahore, where they met with Langlands and persuaded him to allow Schofield to continue her work.<ref name="theguardian.com"/> | ||
He [[centenarian|turned 100]] in October 2017, which was celebrated with a party which many luminaries attended, as reported in ''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1365420|title=Langlands turns 100|publisher=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|author=Staff|date=22 October 2017|access-date=1 November | He [[centenarian|turned 100]] in October 2017, which was celebrated with a party which many luminaries attended, as reported in ''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1365420|title=Langlands turns 100|publisher=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|author=Staff|date=22 October 2017|access-date=1 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Legendary Englishman in row over fate of Pakistan school that bears his name |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/26/legendary-englishman-geoffrey-langlands-row-over-pakistan-school |work=The Guardian}}</ref> | ||
== Death and legacy== | == Death and legacy== | ||
Geoffrey Langlands died at the age of 101 in a hospital in Lahore on 2 January 2019 following a brief illness.<ref name="TN">{{cite web |title=PM Imran Khan's teacher Major Geoffrey Douglas Langlands passes away |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/413857-pm-imran-khans-teacher |publisher=The News |access-date=4 January | Geoffrey Langlands died at the age of 101 in a hospital in Lahore on 2 January 2019 following a brief illness.<ref name="TN">{{cite web |title=PM Imran Khan's teacher Major Geoffrey Douglas Langlands passes away |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/413857-pm-imran-khans-teacher |publisher=The News |access-date=4 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Retired Major Geoffrey Langlands passes away at the age of 101 in Lahore |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1455053/ |work=Dawn}}</ref> [[Al-Jazeera]] called him one of the country's "most respected educators"<ref>{{cite news |title=Major Langlands, Pakistan's favourite headteacher, dies at 101 {{!}} News {{!}} Al Jazeera |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/major-langlands-pakistan-favourite-headmaster-dies-101-190102140946143.html |access-date=6 January 2019 |work=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref> The [[BBC]] said his "death [sent] a whole country into mourning"<ref name="BBC News"/> | ||
Many of his students, especially those from Aitchison College, rose to high places. One of those was the Prime Minister of Pakistan [[Imran Khan]]. In a tweet he paid tribute: "Apart from being our teacher, he instilled the love for trekking and our northern areas in me - before the KKH ([[Karakoram Highway]]) was built".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/413873-pm-imran-khan-saddened-over-demise-of-his-teacher-major-geoffrey-douglas-langlands | title=PM Imran Khan saddened over demise of his teacher Major Geoffrey Douglas Langlands | date=2 January 2019 | newspaper=[[The News International]]}}</ref> Other former students include Foreign Minister [[Shah Mahmood Qureshi]]{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} and [[Aleem Khan]].<ref name="Samaa TV"/> | Many of his students, especially those from Aitchison College, rose to high places. One of those was the Prime Minister of Pakistan [[Imran Khan]]. In a tweet he paid tribute: "Apart from being our teacher, he instilled the love for trekking and our northern areas in me - before the KKH ([[Karakoram Highway]]) was built".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/413873-pm-imran-khan-saddened-over-demise-of-his-teacher-major-geoffrey-douglas-langlands | title=PM Imran Khan saddened over demise of his teacher Major Geoffrey Douglas Langlands | date=2 January 2019 | newspaper=[[The News International]]}}</ref> Other former students include Foreign Minister [[Shah Mahmood Qureshi]]{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} and [[Aleem Khan]].<ref name="Samaa TV"/> | ||
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*[[Hilal-e-Imtiaz]] (HI; 2011) | *[[Hilal-e-Imtiaz]] (HI; 2011) | ||
*[[Sitara-i-Imtiaz]] (1987) | *[[Sitara-i-Imtiaz]] (1987) | ||
*Sitara-i-Pakistan (SPk, 2004)<ref>{{cite news|title=Major Langland, made for awards|url=http://www.chitralnews.com/News-langlandsAwards-26-Mar-11.htm|access-date=4 November 2015|date= | *Sitara-i-Pakistan (SPk, 2004)<ref>{{cite news|title=Major Langland, made for awards|url=http://www.chitralnews.com/News-langlandsAwards-26-Mar-11.htm|access-date=4 November 2015|date=2015}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||