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Isaac Mendes Belisario

Isaac Mendes Belisario

Isaac Mendes Belisario Name: Isaac Mendes Belisario Born: 1795 Industry: Painter; Etcher Died: 1849 Related Documents Isaac Mendes Belisario Press Release: Jamaica Christmas 76 Depicting Belisario Prints Isaac Mendes Belisario Miriam Mendes Belisario Belisario, Isaac...
Isaac Mendes Belisario

Edward Alston Cecil Baugh

Edward Alston Cecil Baugh Name: Edward Alston Cecil Baugh Born: January 10, 1936 Industry: Education, Poetry/Writer Related Documents Baugh Edward 1936 – Poet and Critic – From: a Companion to West Indian Literature by Michael Hughes Personal Mention:...
The Honourable Gladys Maud Bustamante O.J., J.P.  (1912- 2009)

The Honourable Gladys Maud Bustamante O.J., J.P. (1912- 2009)

The Rt. Hon. Sir Alexander Bustamante (1884 - 1977) Name: Gladys Maud Bustamante or Lady Bustamante Born: March 8, 1912 Industry: Social Reformer, Trade Unionist, Women’s Activist Died: July 25, 2009 Born Gladys Maud Longbridge to parents Frank Longbridge and  ...
The Rt. Hon. Sir Alexander Bustamante (1884 – 1977)

The Rt. Hon. Sir Alexander Bustamante (1884 – 1977)

The Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante (1884 - 1977) Sir Alexander Bustamante was born on February 24, 1884 , the son of Robert Constantine Clarke, an Irish planter and Mary Clarke (nee Wilson) a Jamaican of mixed blood.  He was named William Alexander Clarke,...
Evon Blake (1906-1988)

Evon Blake (1906-1988)

Evon Blake(1906-1988) Name: Eyrell “Evon” Blake Born: February 7, 1906 Died: November 7, 1988 Industry: Journalism; Publishing It was over a century after Emancipation in the British West Indies, but racial segregation strongly manifested within various spheres of the...