Watts, A. Faulkner, 1913-

Born in 1913, A. Faulkner Watts was the unit historian for the 369th Infantry Regiment during World War II, and the founding president of Blyden Press, Inc. His translation of Haitian historian Jean Fouchard's book, Les Marrons de la liberté, was published by Blyden Press under the title The Haitian Maroons. The author had a special interest in the life and military career of Alexandre Dumas, the mulatto general from St. Domingue (Haiti) and father of the French author by the same name. He also did research in Caribbean folklore, especially the stick fighting tradition in Jamaica. A. Faulkner Watts died in 1998.