West Indies

Sherlock, Philip, West Indies, London: Thames and Hudson, 1966.

Review

From the Miami Herald obituary:

Sir Philip Sherlock, a giant among contemporary Caribbean historians and educators, died of natural causes at his home in Jamaica Monday. He was 98.

``Philip Sherlock was among the greatest West Indians of the 20th Century,'' said Sir Shridath Ramphal, chancellor of the University of the West Indies, an institution Sherlock helped found in the late 1940s and where he later served as vice chancellor. ``May the 21st see his like again.''

Personal note: A mentor to my father, Sir Philip died the same year he did.