Geoffrey Langlands, British army officer and educator, Died at 101

Geoffrey Douglas Langlands was born on October 21, 1917, in Hull, England and died on January 2, 2019.

He was a British Major, a teacher, and educator.

He resided in Pakistan since the partition of the British Indian Empire in 1947.

Geoffrey Langlands served in the British Indian Army and Pakistani Army as part of his service tenure.

His father was employed in an Anglo-American company and a mother who was a classical folk dance instructor.

Langlands'  father passed away October 27, 1918, due to the 1918 flu pandemic that killed millions worldwide.

Following the death of her husband, Mrs. Langlands moved with the children to her parents' home in Bristol.

During 1930, Langlands' mother died from cancer after which Langlands and his siblings lived under the care of their grandfather.

The following year on 24 December, Langlands grandfather died leaving children with no other relatives.

Langlands' older brother received a scholarship to an orphan school in Bristol, and a family friend helped secure positions for the other children.

Geoffrey Langlands passed away at 101 years old.