*ISLMABAD – The former dean of Aitchison College and Teacher of PM ImranKhan Major Geoffrey Douglas Langlands passed away on Wednesday, January 2,at 10:15 am after a brief illness. *
*He will be remembered by hundreds of students as ‘The Major’, a Britishman who worked for education in Pakistan for more than half his life. *
He was born on October 21, 1917 and was 101 years old at the time of hisdeath.
Students remember him as a soldier, teacher, gentleman, story-teller,mountaineer and humanitarian whose life was devoted in service to others,especially his adopted country Pakistan.View image on Twitterlink[image: View image on Twitter]link
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Pakistan has lost a great friend and teacher of generations of itsstudents. We today mourn Major Geoffrey Langlands CMG MBE HI SPk who passedaway in Lahore aged 101.808 link2:30 PM – Jan 2, 2019link
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My old teacher, Housemaster and intrepid leader of many treks up into ourNorther Areas Maj GD Langlands has died aged 101. He served Pakistan fromthe day it was born, in Pak Army, then Aitchison College for 25 yrs, RazmakCadet College & finally Langlands School/College Chitral306 link12:57 PM – Jan 2, 2019linkTwitter Ads info and privacy link
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Rest in peace, Major Geoffrey Langlands…
His demise is a huge loss to Pakistan; his services to the field ofeducation and the positive influence of his teaching on his students willalways be remembered.202 link3:05 PM – Jan 2, 2019linkTwitter Ads info and privacy link
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Major Langlands landed in India as part of the British army and then livedin the heart of Punjab. He had a long teaching career in Pakistan.
Major Langlands was responsible for the education of many big names inPakistan. Prime Minister Imran Khan, PTI MPA Aleem Khan, Foreign MinisterShah Mahmood Qureshi and a number of other high-profile personalities inthe country were taught by him at Aitchison.
