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Biography
Lennox Honychurch (born on December 27, 1952) is Dominica's most noted historian and a politician. He is well known for writing 1975's The Dominica Story, the 1980s textbook series The Caribbean People, and the 1991 travel book Dominica: Isle of Adventure. He was largely responsible for compiling the exhibit information for The Dominica Museum in Roseau. Honychurch is the grandson of writer and politician Elma Napier.
Biography
Born in Portsmouth, Dominica, Honychurch attended the St. Mary’s Academy secondary school. He won a scholarship to Oxford University, where he gained a D.Phil at St. Hugh's College.
Work as historian
Honychurch's writing focuses on the history of Dominica and includes The Dominica Story, first published in 1975, Dominica: Isle of Adventure, published in 1991, a three-book series entitled The Caribbean People (1995) and, most recently, Dominica’s Cabrits and Prince Rupert’s Bay (2013).
Political career
Honychurch served as a senator in the House of Assembly of Dominica from 1975 to 1979 as a member of the Dominica Freedom Party (DFP). When the DFP formed the government in 1980 he also served as Press Secretary to The Government of Dominica until 1981.
Awards
On April 9, 2011, Honychurch was awarded the Anthony N. Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence, in the category of Arts and Letters.
In 2012, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of the West Indies.
Selected writings
- The Dominica Story (1975)
- Dominica: Isle of Adventure (1991)
- The Caribbean People (three-book series; 1995)
- Dominica’s Cabrits and Prince Rupert’s Bay (2013)