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Harrison College (Barbados)
Harrison College is a co-educational grammar school (secondary school) in Bridgetown, Barbados. Founded in 1733, the school takes its name from Thomas Harrison, a Bridgetown merchant, who intended it to serve as ''"A Public and Free School for the poor and indigent boys of the parish"''. Even in the nineteenth century it was recognised as perhaps the most prestigious secondary school in the British West Indies, attracting boys from neighbouring islands, including Pelham Warner who later went on to become the "Grand Old Man" of English cricket. Described as "The Eton College of Barbados", since Barbados' independence in 1966, five out of Barbados's eight Prime Ministers have been alumni of Harrison College, among whom are also numbered the national poet Kamau Brathwaite and Alan Emtage the co-inventor of Archie, the world's first Internet search engine. The school is responsible for the production of at least 65% of all government scholars or exhibition winners since the govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridgetown, Barbados
Bridgetown (UN/LOCODE: BB BGI) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Barbados. Formerly The Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the Parishes of Barbados, parish of Saint Michael, Barbados, Saint Michael. Bridgetown is sometimes locally referred to as "The City", but the most common reference is simply "Town". As of 2014, its metropolitan population stands at roughly 110,000. The ''Bridgetown'' port, found along Carlisle Bay, Barbados, Carlisle Bay (at ) lies on the southwestern coast of the island. Parts of the Greater Bridgetown area (as roughly defined by the Ring road, Ring Road Bypass or more commonly known as the ABC Highway), sit close to the borders of the neighbouring parishes Christ Church, Barbados, Christ Church and Saint James, Barbados, St. James. The Grantley Adams International Airport for Barbados, is located southeast of Bridgetown city centre, and has daily flights to major cities in the United Kingdom, United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Michael Geoffrey Manningham Adams
Jon Michael Geoffrey Manningham Adams (September 24, 1931 – March 11, 1985), known as Tom Adams, was a Barbadian politician who served as the second prime minister of Barbados from 1976 until 1985. Biography Personal life The only son of Sir Grantley Adams (a lawyer and the only Premier of the West Indies Federation) and Grace Adams ( Thorne), Tom Adams was educated at Harrison College, from which he won a Barbados Scholarship to Magdalen College of the University of Oxford. Prime Minister He served as the second Prime Minister of Barbados between 1976 and 1985. His party, the Barbados Labour Party (BLP), had capitalized on the population's desire for a change from Errol Barrow's Democratic Labour Party, which had governed the island since independence in 1966. Adams moved the country back towards the liberalism the BLP had been founded on, a trend in keeping with the popularity of liberal economist Friedrich Hayek in Margaret Thatcher's Britain and Ronald Reagan's Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenidge Elliott
Greenidge Elliott (21 October 1861 – 8 December 1895) was a Barbadian cricketer. He played in one first-class match for the Barbados cricket team in 1883/84. See also * List of Barbadian representative cricketers This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for the Barbados national cricket team in the West Indies. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the interveni ... References External links * 1861 births 1895 deaths Barbadian cricketers Barbados cricketers Cricketers from Saint Michael, Barbados Colony of Barbados people {{Barbados-cricket-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Elliott (cricketer)
Gilbert Elliott (21 April 1870 – date of death unknown) was a Barbadian first-class cricketer. Gilbert was educated born at Bridgetown, where he was educated at Harrison College. After leaving Harrison College, he travelled to England to study medicine. He returned to Barbados with Arthur Priestley's touring side in 1896–97, playing two minor matches at the Kensington Oval during the tour. He played five first-class matches during the tour, making two first-class appearances against Trinidad at Port-of-Spain, and three first-class appearances against Jamaica at Kingston. In his five first-class matches, he scored 78 runs with a high score of 36 not out In cricket, a batter is not out if they come out to bat in an innings and have not been dismissed by the end of an innings. The batter is also ''not out'' while their innings is still in progress. Occurrence At least one batter is not out at t ..., as well as taking one wicket. His brother, Greenidge, was also a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Drayton
Richard Drayton FRHistS (born 1964) is a Guyana-born historian and Rhodes Professor of Imperial History at King's College London. Biography Richard Drayton was born in Guyana in 1964, to parents Kathleen (nee McCracken; 1930–2009) and Harold Drayton (1929–2018), and grew up in Barbados, where he migrated with his family in 1972. He went to school at Harrison College in Bridgetown, from which he left as a Barbados Scholar to Harvard University. He was a graduate student at Balliol College, Oxford as the Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Scholar, and at Yale University, where he wrote his doctoral dissertation under the direction of Paul Kennedy. From 1992, Drayton was a Research Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, returning to Oxford in 1994 to be Darby Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at Lincoln College, Oxford. After 1998, he was Associate Professor of British History at the University of Virginia. From 2001 to 2009, he was University Senior Lecturer in Imperial and e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupee (musician)
Rupert Clarke (born September 10, 1975), best known by his stage name Rupee, is a soca musician from Barbados. He was born in the military barracks in Germany to a German mother and a Bajan father, who was serving in the British armed forces at the time. He later migrated to Barbados. He was signed to Atlantic Records. Early life By the age of nine, Rupee had lived in three different countries - Germany, England, and Barbados. Spending his first years in England, he was exposed to a contrast of sounds which reflected his parents' diverse backgrounds: calypso on the side of his West Indian father, pop and rock and roll from his mother. He and his siblings would often perform on stage, coming up with all sorts of chants, rhymes and antics to tease the audience. Rupee eventually moved to Barbados in 1985. He had his first major break after winning the Richard Stoute Teen Talent Competition in 1993, when he was a schoolboy at Harrison College. Career 1997–2000: Coalishun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Clarke (novelist)
Austin Ardinel Chesterfield "Tom" Clarke, (July 26, 1934 – June 26, 2016), was a Barbadian novelist, essayist, and short story writer who was based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Among his notable books are novels such as '' The Polished Hoe'' (2002), memoirs including ''Membering'' (2015), and two collections of poetry, ''Where the Sun Shines Best'' (2013) and ''In Your Crib'' (2015). Early life and education Austin Clarke was born in 1934 in St. James, Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). ..., where he received his early education in Anglican schools. He taught at a rural school for three years. In 1955 he moved to Canada and attended the University of Toronto's Trinity College, Toronto, Trinity College for two years.Murray Whyte"Acclaimed Toronto author Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marsha K
Marsha is a variant spelling of Marcia. Notable people with the name include: *Marsha Ambrosius (born 1977), former member of the English band duo Floetry *Marsha Arzberger (born 1937), Democratic politician *Marsha Barbour, first lady of the U.S. state of Mississippi since 2004 *Marsha Berzon (born 1945), federal appeals judge who has served on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals since 2000 *Marsha Blackburn (born 1952), Tennessee politician *Marsha Canham (born 1950), Canadian writer of historical romance novels * Marsha Cheeks (born 1956), African-American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan *Marsha Clark, American actress best known for roles in soap operas *Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, senior policy analyst for the United States Environmental Protection Agency *Marsha Collier, author, radio personality and educator in making money on eBay and online *Marsha J. Evans (born 1947), retired Rear Admiral in the United States Navy *Marsha Farney (born 1958), American politician *M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Bynoe
Michael Robin Bynoe (born February 23, 1941 in Black Rock, Saint Michael, Barbados) is a former West Indian cricketer who played in four Tests between 1959 and 1967. Career Bynoe had played only two first-class matches when he was picked for the West Indies' tour of India and Pakistan in 1958–59. He had limited success on the tour, with a highest score in the first-class matches of only 76, but was picked for the final Test match, aged 18, when he opened the innings with Gerry Alexander. He was out for one run and took one catch. In the limited first-class cricket in the West Indies in the late 1950s and early 1960s, Bynoe's appearances were only sporadic and it was 1963–64 when he made his first first-class century, 120 for Barbados against Jamaica. Centuries in the next two West Indian seasons led to a second call up for a tour to India, this time the 1966–67 tour. Again, Bynoe had limited success in the first-class games, but this time he played in all three Tests ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Bradshaw
Ian David Russell Bradshaw (born 9 July 1974) is a former Barbadian cricketer who played for the West Indies cricket team as a left-arm fast bowler in all three formats of the game. In September 2004, Bradshaw was a member of the West Indies team that won the 2004 Champions Trophy, and was named man of the match in the final. A former West Indies under-19s captain, Bradshaw's senior debut came two months before his 30th birthday, when he was selected to play in the last three One Day Internationals of a seven-match series against England. After taking five wickets in the three matches, he became a permanent fixture in the team. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Edmund Gaskin Boyle
Henry Edmund Gaskin Boyle OBE (2 April 1875 – 15 October 1941) was a pioneering anaesthetist best remembered for the development of early anaesthetic machines. Early life Born in Barbados, he was the only child of Henry Eudolphus Boyle, estate manager and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Law Gaskin, a member of the House of Assembly. He moved to England in 1894 after schooling at Harrison College, Bridgetown. Professional life Boyle qualified MRCS LRCP in 1901 from St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. He worked as a junior anaesthetist at Barts and was appointed visiting consultant in 1903. During World War I he worked with the Royal Army Medical Corps in London, publishing over 3600 cases anaesthetised with nitrous oxide-oxygen-ether. His work was recognised with an OBE. Boyle promoted intratracheal insufflation techniques using nitrous oxide, oxygen and ether, replacing open-drop anaesthesia. Initially he used imported Gwathmey machines from the USA, but find ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Barbados
The Diocese of Barbados is one of eight dioceses of the Anglican Communion that is part of the Province of the West Indies. History The diocese was established in 1824 as one of a pair, the other being the Diocese of Jamaica, which covered the whole Caribbean. Before that, the area was nominally part of the Bishop of London's responsibility, a situation that had been assumed to hold from 1660 onwards. The Bishops of London were regarded as having responsibility for the churches in the colonies in the early seventeenth century; but it was not until 1675 that a Bishop of London formally undertook that task, making recommendations through the Board for Trade and Plantations. His involvement resulted in clergy being part of the vestries for the first time in 1681. Prior to 1824, the functions of the Bishop of London were limited to ordaining those candidates who presented themselves, and licensing Clergy. The appointment of bishops provided coordination for the work of the Church i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
