Fawcus, Peter
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Birth Date
- 1915
Death Date
- 2003
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Clare College (University of Cambridge)
- Organization: Geological Survey of the United Kingdom
Birth Place
- Claygate (England)
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Sources
- found: Botswana, 2000:t.p. (Peter Fawcus) front jkt. flap (served in Bechuanaland from 1954 as Govt. Secretary, Resident Commissioner in 1959 and Queen's Commissioner in 1963)
- found: Dictionary of African Biography, accessed December 23, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Fawcus, Peter; colonial agent, foreign military officer; born in 1915 in Claygate, England; studied law at Clare College, Cambridge; became government secretary of Bechuanaland (1954); established the Department of Geological Survey; initiated the 1963 plan that provided the experience and the core personnel for the highly successful planning regime in Botswana after independence; died 2003)
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Change Notes
- 2000-05-30: new
- 2015-12-12: revised
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