Meta Davis Cumberbatch

This article is about the pianist. For the women who allegedly inspired the Beatle's "Lovely Rita", see Lovely Rita.
Meta Davis Cumberbatch
MBE
Born
Meta Davis

(1900-05-04)4 May 1900
San Fernando, Trinidad
Died29 December 1978(1978-12-29) (aged 78)
The Bahamas
EducationTrinity Girls School
Bishop Anstey High School
Alma materRoyal Academy of Music
Occupation(s)Pianist, composer, poet, playwright and cultural activist
ChildrenZoë Maynard
RelativesKathleen Davis (sister)
Allyson Maynard Gibson (granddaughter)

Meta Davis Cumberbatch MBE (4 May 1900 – 29 December 1978)[1] was a Trinidad-born pianist, composer, poet, playwright and cultural activist, who spent the majority of her life in The Bahamas, where she used her talents to enhance the country's cultural development,[2] becoming known as the "Mother of the Arts".[3] At the 2014 Independence anniversary celebrations in Nassau she was honoured as a Bahamian "Cultural Warrior".[4]

  1. ^ Peter D. Maynard, Great Awakening: Meta Davis Cumberbatch, "Mother of the Arts", 2010, pp. 146, 153.
  2. ^ "Tributes pour in following the passing of Zoe, Lady Maynard this morning…". Bahamas Press. 10 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Meta Davis Cumberbatch – Pioneer of The Arts", Our Culture Warriors.
  4. ^ "Great Cultural Icons to be Celebrated at the 41st Independence!", Bahamas Press, 2 July 2014.