Background
Philo, Gordon Charles George was born on January 8, 1920 in London. Son of Charles Gilbert and Nellie (Pinnock) Philo.
Philo, Gordon Charles George was born on January 8, 1920 in London. Son of Charles Gilbert and Nellie (Pinnock) Philo.
Master of Arts, Oxford (England) University, 1947. Postgraduate, Sorbonne University, France, 1949. Diploma in Russian, Cambridge (England) University, 1952.
Lecturer, Wadham College, Oxford, 1949-1950; founding member, lecturer, St. Antony's College, Oxford, 1950-1951; officer, Foreign Office, London, 1951-1952; counselor, Foreign Office, London, 1970-1978; 3d secretary, British Embassy, Istanbul, 1954-1956; 2d secretary, British Embassy, Ankara, 1957-1958; 1st secretary, British High Commission, Kuala Lumpur, 1963-1967; consul-general, British Consulate General, Hanoi, North Vietnam, 1968-1969; retired, 1978. Assessor Civil Svc. Commission, United Kingdom, 1978-1990.
Captain British Airborne Forces Service, 1940-1946. Member Kipling Society (chairman council 1986-1988, 97-99), Dickens Fellowship, Athenaeum Club.
Married Mavis Ella Galsworthy, September 10, 1952 (deceased September 1986).