LANGLANDS, Bryan Wooleston (1928-1989)

Memorandum by Prof Bryan W Langlands of his experiences while at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, 1974-1975 including account of the arrest and trial of Denis Cecil Hills for treason, also other incidents relating to President Idi Amin and the British community in Uganda, and on University politics at Makerere.

Professor Bryan Wooleston Langlands (1928-1989) was Professor of Geography at the University of Ulster at Coleraine and was killed in the British Airways crash of BD092 at Kegsworth. He had spent much of his time in Uganda and accumulated a large library on various aspects of African historical geography.

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Given to the ICS by Professor Langlands.

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Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

The bulk of B W Langlands papers are held in the Department of Geography, University College Cork.

Not to be quoted without permission from the heirs of Professor Langlands.

There is an obituary of B W Langlands in 'Irish Geography' 22 (1) 1989, 61-63).