Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Ato Mersha Nahusenay (c.1850 – c.1937) was a reformist and pioneer of change who made important contributions to the modernization and independence of Ethiopia. One of the closest and trusted advisors to Emperor Menelik II, he went on to become the founder and first governor of Dire Dawa (1902–1905), the second largest city in Ethiopia. Prior to that he was governor of the strategic and frontier town of Jaldessa (Gildessa) where he also held the position of chief of customs. He later played a key role in the construction of the first railway. His public career lasted over three decades from the time of Menelik II until the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie. He was one of the educated and most recognized Ethiopians of his time whose knowledge of the French language and European way of life earned him recognition both at home and abroad. Mersha belongs to a generation of Ethiopians who took advantage of the stability created in the late 19th – early 20th century to implement a series of wide-ranging political, economic and social reforms the impact of which continues to be felt a century later."@en }
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- Mersha_Nahusenay abstract "Ato Mersha Nahusenay (c.1850 – c.1937) was a reformist and pioneer of change who made important contributions to the modernization and independence of Ethiopia. One of the closest and trusted advisors to Emperor Menelik II, he went on to become the founder and first governor of Dire Dawa (1902–1905), the second largest city in Ethiopia. Prior to that he was governor of the strategic and frontier town of Jaldessa (Gildessa) where he also held the position of chief of customs. He later played a key role in the construction of the first railway. His public career lasted over three decades from the time of Menelik II until the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie. He was one of the educated and most recognized Ethiopians of his time whose knowledge of the French language and European way of life earned him recognition both at home and abroad. Mersha belongs to a generation of Ethiopians who took advantage of the stability created in the late 19th – early 20th century to implement a series of wide-ranging political, economic and social reforms the impact of which continues to be felt a century later.".
- Q16856668 abstract "Ato Mersha Nahusenay (c.1850 – c.1937) was a reformist and pioneer of change who made important contributions to the modernization and independence of Ethiopia. One of the closest and trusted advisors to Emperor Menelik II, he went on to become the founder and first governor of Dire Dawa (1902–1905), the second largest city in Ethiopia. Prior to that he was governor of the strategic and frontier town of Jaldessa (Gildessa) where he also held the position of chief of customs. He later played a key role in the construction of the first railway. His public career lasted over three decades from the time of Menelik II until the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie. He was one of the educated and most recognized Ethiopians of his time whose knowledge of the French language and European way of life earned him recognition both at home and abroad. Mersha belongs to a generation of Ethiopians who took advantage of the stability created in the late 19th – early 20th century to implement a series of wide-ranging political, economic and social reforms the impact of which continues to be felt a century later.".