No matter what anyone has to say, teaching is one of the most noble professions out there. They  make sure that future generations are well equipped with knowledge so they create a better world for tomorrow. Some of them spend their entire lives in this quest nurturing young minds so they can become the change needed in society as a whole. Major Geoffrey Langlands was one such gem that dedicated roughly half a century to the field of education.

Having spent around 25 years teaching at the prestigious Aitchison College in Lahore, Major Langlands celebrated his 100th birthday today

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During his tenure, Langlands taught various promising students that went on to become known personalities.

One of them being none other than Imran Khan who had this to say on his birthday:

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Chairman of the Punjab Information Technology Board Dr. Umar Saif who is also an Aitchison alumni took to twitter and wished Langlands

Major Langlands is considered one of the most influential instructors not only at Aitchison but in the entire country

So naturally a others congratulated the 100 year old veteran on his big day.

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Geoffery Langlands was born in 1917 and had served as a major in the British army before beginning a career in education

Following the partition of the Sub-Continent, Langlands decided to move to Pakistan where he joined the country’s armed forces being posted in Rawalpindi. Upon his retirement Langlands served as instructor for the Pakistan army for six years. During Ayub Khan’s regime when British Army troops began to leave the country, Langlands was asked to stay by the President himself and was offered a teaching position at Aitchison College. After being an instructor there for a quarter century, Langlands joined the Cadet College where he served from April 1979 to 1989. Later on he was given charge of the first private school in Chitral then known as Sayurj Public School that was later renamed Langlands School and College. While he did breifly retired in 2012 but three years later he took back control of the school.

We wish Sir Langlands a happy birthday and hope that more dedicated teachers like him continue to work for the betterment of the world.