Allsopp, (Stanley Reginald) Richard

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ALLSOPP, (Stanley Reginald) Richard

ALLSOPP, (Stanley Reginald) Richard. Guyanese/Barbadian, b. 1923. Genres: Language/Linguistics. Career: Senior French teacher at secondary school in Georgetown, Guyana, 1949-60, became deputy headmaster, then headmaster, 1961-63; University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados, lecturer, 1963-70, senior lecturer, 1970-79, reader, 1979-90. Language consultant for new Book of Common Prayer, Anglican Church of the West Indies Province. Publications: Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, 1996; Language and National Unity, 1998; A Book of Afric Caribbean Proverbs, 2001. Address: 1 Poinsettia Way, Cave Hill, St. Michael, Barbados. Online address: [email protected]