Profiles: Heroes, Role Models and Pioneers of Trinidad and Tobago - by Nasser Khan

99 WILLIAM INGRAM (1847-1924) H e was a bird expert (aviculturist) who established the bird sanctuary on the island of Little Tobago in the early 1900’s. JULIAN KENNY (1930- 2011) P rofessor Julian Kenny was a zoologist who wrote a lot about the natural history of T&T and the Caribbean. He was also an environmentalist, scientist, lecturer, photographer and author. He did research on our freshwater fishes, our savannas, wetlands, cave systems, marine systems and coral reefs. He became a Senior Fisheries Officer and later spent 29 years on staff in the Department of Life Sciences at UWI, St. Augustine. He produced several books showing his photography. There is a collection of his material at NALIS and at UWI. In 2010 he was awarded the Chaconia Medal Gold. RICHARD P. FFRENCH (1929-2010) A rriving to teach the arts in Trinidad at St Peter’s, the school at Pointe- à-Pierre in 1958, he was always a bird lover and went on to author The Guide to the Birds of Trinidad & Tobago , first published in 1973. This was an outstanding book produced after years of bird watching and documenting. The scarlet ibis, our national bird, was one of the many he researched with the help of his wife Margaret. He was well known as an inspirational teacher, musician and conductor. In 1984 he was awarded the Chaconia Medal Silver. He also received the MBE award.