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  2. Courtney Blackman - Wikipedia

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    Profession. Economist, diplomat. Sir Courtney Newlands McLaurin Blackman, KA (6 March 1933 – 16 March 2021) was a Barbadian economist, international business consultant, and diplomat. He served as the first Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados from 1972 to 1987. At the time of his appointment, he was the youngest central bank governor in ...

  3. Death and state funeral of Fidel Castro - Wikipedia

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    Cremation date. 26 November 2016. Interment date. 4 December 2016. Former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Council of State, Fidel Castro died of natural causes at 22:29 ( CST) on the evening of 25 November 2016, at the age of 90. His brother, the then-President of the State Council and then-First Secretary ...

  4. Denys Williams - Wikipedia

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    Denys Ambrose Williams was born on 12 October 1929 in Barbados. He was one of 10 children of family to George C. Williams and Violet Williams. He studied at Combermere School and Harrison College in Barbados, won a Barbados Scholarship in 1949 and went on to study law at Oxford University, subsequently being admitted to the English Bar at the ...

  5. Hugh Springer - Wikipedia

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    Sir Hugh Worrell Springer GCMG CBE [1] (22 June 1913 – 14 April 1994) [2] was the organiser and first general secretary of the Barbados Workers' Union, and Barbados' fourth governor-general. [3] He was a lawyer, politician and public servant. [4] By an act of Parliament in 1998, Springer was named as one of the eleven National Heroes of Barbados.

  6. Kamau Brathwaite - Wikipedia

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    Edward Kamau Brathwaite, CHB ( / kəˈmaʊ ˈbræθweɪt /; 11 May 1930 – 4 February 2020), [1] was a Barbadian poet and academic, widely considered one of the major voices in the Caribbean literary canon. [2] Formerly a professor of Comparative Literature at New York University, [2] Brathwaite was the 2006 International Winner of the Griffin ...

  7. Elsie Payne - Wikipedia

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    Educator. Years active. 1952–1985. Known for. First Barbadian headmistress of Queen's College Barbados and first damehood awarded by the Order of Barbados. Dame Elsie Payne ( née Pilgrim; 14 May 1927 – 25 August 2004) DA was a teacher and following independence she became the first Barbadian-born principal of Queen's College in Bridgetown ...

  8. Nita Barrow - Wikipedia

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    Bridgetown, Barbados. Alma mater. University of Toronto. Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, GCMG DA (15 November 1916 – 19 December 1995) [1] was the first female governor-general of Barbados. [2] Barrow was a nurse and a public health servant from Barbados. She served as the fifth governor-general of Barbados from 6 June 1990 until her death on 19 ...

  9. Category:Deaths in Barbados - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Deaths in Barbados" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Neal Carter; D.

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