Born 1920; educated, University of London; Department of Education, Jamaica, 1954; University of Guyana; helped establish the College of the Bahamas; helped establish B.Ed and MA corses at the University of the West Indies; Professor of Education, Recife University, Brazil; consultant for the World Bank, Unesco and the Commonwealth Secretariat; died 2006. Publications: The Making of the West Indies with F R Augier, D G Hall and M Reckord (1960) Sources of West Indian History with F R Augier (1962) Century of West Indian Education (1963) Reports and Repercussions in West Indian Education (1968) God Almighty Make Me Free (1996) Our Cause for His Glory (1998)
From the guide to the GORDON, Shirley Courtenay (1920-2006), 1984-2006, (Institute of Commonwealth Studies)
