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

179 Michael Anthony is truly another of Trinidad and Tobago’s literary giants, a published author of some thirty books with more looming on the horizon. His latest in 2012 is Christopher Columbus: A Close Look at the Man and his Voyages. There is a collection of his material at UWI, St. Augustine. • 1967 Fellowship by the Arts Council of Great Britain • 1979 Humming Bird Gold Medal • 2003 Honorary doctorate, University of the West Indies GERARD A. ‘JERRY’ BESSON (1942- ) H e has published and produced over 80 titles on the history and culture of Trinidad and Tobago. At least ten of these he wrote himself among them: Photograph Album of Trinidad at the turn of the 19th century and the Book of Trinidad (with Bridget Brereton). Over the years, Besson served as a member of or advisor to various government- appointed work groups. In 2004, he established a museum for the Police Service at Police Headquarters, Port of Spain. It was the third in a series of small museums he planned and designed, the first being a company museum for the House of Angostura, and the second the City of Port- of-Spain Museum at Fort San Andrés. In 2007 he was awarded the Hummingbird Medal Gold. PIERRE G. L. BORDE (1820-1891) A s a writer and historian, he published his 19 years of research in two volumes in 1876 and 1882: Histoire de l’ile de la Trinidad sous le Gouvernement Espagnol (History of the island of Trinidad under the Spanish Government). He was also the keeper of the Lapeyrouse Cemetery for many years. ANDREW CARR (1902-1976) H e wrote a lot about our folklore, carnival, calypso and tourism for many years. He was a member of Prime Minister’s Best Village