John Wild (cricketer, born 1915): Difference between revisions

After graduating from Cambridge, Wild joined the [[Colonial Service]] in the [[Protectorate of Uganda]] in 1938.<ref name="TAU" /> He was commissioned into the [[British Army]] as a [[Second_lieutenantSecond lieutenant#United_Kingdom_and_other_Commonwealth_countriesUnited Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in September 1943.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36680|date=29 August 1944|page=4059|supp=y}}</ref> He resumed his colonial service following the war, becoming the chairman of the [[Uganda_Legislative_CouncilUganda Legislative Council#Committee_on_selfCommittee on self-government_set_up_under_John_Vernon_Wildgovernment set up under John Vernon Wild|Ugandan Committee on Self-Government]] in 1959, which came to be known as the Wild Committee.<ref name="TAU" /> He was made an officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] in the [[1955 Birthday Honours]] in recognition of his services in Uganda,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=40497|date=3 June 1955|page=3282|supp=y}}</ref> and was later made a companion to the [[Order of St Michael and St George]] in the [[1960 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=42051|date=3 June 1960|page=3976|supp=y}}</ref> While in Uganda, Wild wrote three books on the country and became fluent in the [[Acholi dialect]].<ref name="TAU" /> He left the Colonial Service in 1960 and returned to England, where he took up a post teaching maths at [[Hele's School, Exeter]]. He left there in 1971 to become a maths lecturer at [[Exeter College, Exeter|Exeter College]], where he remained until 1976.<ref name="TAU" />

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