Walter Adolphe Roberts

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Walter Adolphe Roberts
BornOctober 15, 1886
Kingston, Jamaica
DiedSeptember 13, 1962
London, UK
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Walter Adolphe Roberts (1886-1962) was a Jamaican born novelist, poet, and historian. Roberts served as a war correspondent during World War I, editor of multiple periodicals including Ainslee's Magazine, and authored over a dozen books.

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Life and career

Roberts was born in Kingston, Jamaica on October 15, 1886. [1]

He was an editor, war correspondent, and the author of several books of poetry and prose, as well as a historian of Jamaica and the Caribbean. [2]

In 1938 Roberts met Wilfred Adolphus Domingo and the two formed the Jamaica Progressive League. [3]

During his lifetime Roberts received several awards, including the Silver Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica (1941), the Carlos Manuel de Cespedes Order of Merit (1950), the Gold Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica (1954), the title of Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (1961), and was posthumously awarded the Commander of the Order of Distinction by the Jamaican Government (1977). [4]

He died in London at the age of 76, on September 13, 1962. [5]

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References

  1. Roberts, Walter Adolphe (2015). These many years : an autobiography. Hulme, Peter. Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press. ISBN   978-976-640-511-3. OCLC   908020565.
  2. Coverley, Roy. "The Gentleman and Scholar" (PDF). Pepperpot. 11 (2): 52–53.
  3. "W. Adolphe Roberts-the poet as nationalist" (PDF). Sunday Gleaner: 24–25. July 21, 1974.
  4. "Walter Adolphe Roberts (1886 - 1962)". National Library of Jamaica. Archived from the original on April 24, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  5. Bennett, Wycliffe (1963). "W. Adolphe Roberts: The Man & The Poet" (PDF). Pepperpot. 2 (3): 51–52.