Antonin Besse
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Antonin Besse was a French-born businessman based in Aden, Yemen, where he spent most of his adult life. St Antony's College, Oxford was established in 1950 as a result of a large donation he made to
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Headquarters of A. Besse & Co., Aden
Besse Building, St. Antony's College
United World Colleges
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The United World Colleges is an international network of schools and colleges providing the International Baccalaureate. The organisation was founded on the principles of German educator Kurt Hahn in
Antonin Besse
…Monna. The younger son (Antonin) took over the business after his father's death in 1951, and later became a patron and honorary vice-president of the United World Colleges. Sir Antonin Besse suffered a stroke in the summer of 1948 and, three years later, died in Elgin, Moray, Scotland, on 2 July 1951, aged 74. By then he…
The UWC emblem at UWC Robert Bosch in Freiburg, Germany