Darshan Singh

Darshan Singh

male, 77 years old
convert to islam, Muslim, Official Table of Drops, Civil Servant, Singaporean, hangman…britishcolonial
Darshan Singh (born 1932) is the chief hangman of Singapore. Darshan Singh commenced his post as the hangman for the British colonial service in...
Thomas Baines

Thomas Baines

male, deceased (1875)
James Chapman, Eighth Frontier War, Explorations in South-West Africa, Travels in the Interior of South Africa, Xhosa wars, South West Africa…British colonies, britishcolonial
(John) Thomas Baines (27 November 1820 - 8 May 1875) was an English artist and explorer of British colonial southern Africa and Australia. Born in...
Shirley Geok-Lin Lim

Shirley Geok-Lin Lim

female, 65 years old
professor, university of malaya, Critic, memoir, English, scholarship…British overseas territory, britishcolonial
Shirley Geok-lin Lim (born 1944) is an award-winning Malaysian-born American writer of poetry, fiction, and criticism, and one of Hong Kong's...
Kyaw Yin

Kyaw Yin

male, deceased (1939)
Burmese balloonist, British rule in Burma, charity, stuntman, Balloonist, hot air balloon…britishcolonial
Kyaw Yin (1873 - 1939), otherwise well-known as Mee-Bone-Pyan U Kyaw Yin in Myanmar (Burma) in 1929, is a person who flew with hot air balloon in...

Francis Gore

male, deceased (1852)
britishcolonial, British, war of 1812, Lieutenant-governors of Upper Canada, British Empire, From London…British Army
Francis Gore, (1769 - 3 November 1852) was a British officer and British colonial administrator. After serving in the British Army and achieving...