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Emmanuel : Biographies : Nicholas G. Emmanuel (1925 - )
Nicholas G. Emmanuel (1925 - )
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Surname: |
Emmanuel |
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Name: |
Nicholas (Nikos) |
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Middle name: |
none |
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Father: |
Emmanuel "Nisiotis", Gregory C. |
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Mother: |
Perrou, Irini D. |
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Birth: |
1924 - Moshi, Tanganyika |
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Death: |
not applicable |
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Siblings: |
Eleni (b.1922), Constantine (b.1923), Dimitris (b.1924) |
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Spouse: |
Wilson, Sylvie |
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Marriage: |
unknown date - Moshi, Tanganyika |
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Children: |
Gregory Wilson (b.1962), Sofia (b.1964), Irini (b.1968) |
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He is the fourth of four children and Gregory C. Emmanuel's Godfather. Nikos attended primary school at Lambo, Tanganyika. He was taken by his mother to Athens, Greece, with his siblings to attend the Athens College (1933). After the Occupation he returned to Tanganyika with his mother and brothers (1945). General Manager Nakuru coffee estate in Moshi, and partner in Tongoni and Lewa sisal estates in Tanga, Tanganyika. An avid fisherman and mountaineer he has climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro a number of times from many different routes and has participated in numerous Search and Rescue operations on the mountain. For many years he was president of the Kilimanjaro Mountain Club. Involved in unsuccessful shipping company with his brothers and other partners (1964). After loosing his farm (nationalization of Nakuru, 1972), he farmed beans at Sanya Plains with his brother Costas (1973-74). Nikos remained in Tanzania, renting his own home to live in from the cooperative union that took over his farm. After leasing various other properties over the years he was able to secure a long-term lease for part of his former farm. He now operates the most successful of the few surviving coffee estates in the Kilimanjaro region and maintains a house on the Tanzania coast, at Pangani. Nikos also owns a fully developed olive farm on the Island of Naxos and frequently travels to England and Greece.
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