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Benjamin Sheares
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2nd President of Singapore (1907–1981)
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Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Prime minister
- Lee Kuan Yew
- Preceded by
- Yusof Ishak , Yeoh Ghim Seng (acting)
- Succeeded by
- Yeoh Ghim Seng (acting), Devan Nair
- Born
- Benjamin Henry Sheares , ( 1907-08-12 ) 12 August 1907, Singapore , Straits Settlements
- Died
- 12 May 1981 (1981-05-12) (aged 73), Holt Road, Singapore
- Cause of death
- Lung cancer
- Resting place
- Kranji State Cemetery
- Party
- Independent
- Spouse s
- Wong Ah Foon ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1931 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1947 ) , Yeo Seh Geok ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1939 )
- Children
- 3; including Constance and Joseph
- Alma mater
- King Edward VII College of Medicine
- Occupation
- Physician academic
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Benjamin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Singapore
- Place of birth
- Singapore
- Place of death
- Singapore
- Occupation
- gynecologist
- Position held
- President of Singapore
- Political party
- People's Action Party
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Religion
- Christianity
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- date of death
- 1981-05-12
- date of birth
- 1907-08-12
- cause of death
- disease
- Commons category
- Benjamin Sheares
- name in native language
- 本杰明·亨利·薛尔思
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Benjamin Henry Sheares (12 August 1907 – 12 May 1981) was a Singaporean obstetrician, gynaecologist, and academic who served as the second president of Singapore between 1971 until his death in 1981.
Born in Singapore under British rule, Sheares graduated from the King Edward VII College of Medicine in 1929. He specialised in obstetrics and gynaecology and worked at the Singapore General Hospital and Kandang Kerbau Hospital (KKH), eventually serving as the acting professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Malaya in Singapore. He later became the professor of obstetrics and gynaecology in 1950, becoming the first local to rise to such a position as high-ranking colonial officers were usually appointed instead.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Benjamin Sheares” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.