Edward Roy Kent

Edward Kent
CBE
Born(1920-10-01)1 October 1920
Grenada
Died15 May 2009(2009-05-15) (aged 88)
Carriacou
EducationBedford Modern School

Edward Roy Kent CBE (1 October 1920 – 15 May 2009) was an estate owner, manager and agriculturalist in the Caribbean.[1] He was made CBE in 1992 for services to agriculture and in 2007 received an Honorary Doctorate Of Laws from the University of the West Indies for his contribution to agriculture and the welfare of Carriacou and Carriacouans.[2][3] A keen amateur historian, he was a founder member of the Carriacou Historical Society and was instrumental in raising funds to create the Carriacou Museum.[3] Kent's memoirs, Up Before Dawn, were published posthumously in 2011.[1][4]

  1. ^ a b "Sail Rock Publishing, Grenada Publisher".
  2. ^ THIRD SUPPLEMENT TO The London Gazette of Friday, I2th June 1992. No. 52954, Grenada, B37
  3. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Up before dawn. OCLC 780320771.