Benjamin Sheares
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Benjamin Henry Sheares was a Singaporean obstetrician, gynaecologist, and academic who served as the second president of Singapore between 1971 until his death in 1981.
Sheares in 1951
Sheares in the 1940s
Sheares worked as an obstetrician and later the Head of Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Kandang Kerbau Hospital (pictured).
Sheares in April 1951, speaking at the University of Malaya in Singapore.
Yeo Seh Geok
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Yeo Seh Geok Sheares was the First Lady of Singapore when her husband, Benjamin Sheares, served as president from 1971 to 1981. Born in the Republic of China, she would have her early education there
Benjamin Sheares
…entire salary as president to charity. Sheares' first wife was Wong Ah Foon, whom he married in 1931 and divorced in 1947. He married his second wife Yeo Seh Geok, a trained midwife, in 1939 and they had three children together. Their daughter, Constance, is an arts administrator, curator, and writer. Their son…
Yeo with her husband Benjamin Sheares, c. 1939
Yeo with her family, c. 1946