44:
224:
offers a reasonable explanation for the origin of this remarkable technology. A monograph detailing his evidence and interpretations of the interaction between environmental change and Guyana prehistory was in press at the time of his death.
148:, Guyana (formerly British Guiana), where he received his early education; he was granted a Cambridge Junior School Certificate in 1940 and a Cambridge Senior School Certificate in 1941. His promise as a painter won him a two-year
244:, and he contributed numerous essays on art to books and journals. His skill as a writer is documented not only in his scientific papers, but in two novels and numerous short stories.
495:
268:
605:
630:
179:
610:
271:
Award from the government of Guyana in 1973, and the
Cacique Crown of Honour in 1989, the same year that he received an honorary doctorate from the
600:
467:
247:
In 1986, Williams and his assistant, Jennifer
Wishart, initiated a programme for junior archaeologists in Guyanese secondary schools.
197:
on the northwest coast of Guyana. From the beginning of his studies, he was aware of potential disturbance of stratigraphy, errors in
555:
625:
645:
590:
595:
615:
650:
585:
233:
620:
24:
156:
in London in 1946. He lived in London for the next 10 years, during which he taught fine art as a lecturer at the
272:
635:
175:
452:
1992, "El
Arcaico en el Noroeste de Guyana y los Comienzos de la Horticultura". In B. J. Meggers (ed.),
640:
170:
153:
109:
513:
164:. He also held several one-man shows of his work, and produced the artwork for Bajan novelist
496:"Denis J. I. Williams: 1923–1998 – Painter, Author & Archaeologist – by Betty J. Meggers"
256:, a book by his daughter Evelyn A. Williams about his life and work, was published inn 2012.
157:
580:
575:
8:
390:
161:
20:
537:
145:
65:
394:
375:"The Life and Work of Denis Williams (1923–1998)| The Shaping of Guyanese Literature"
183:
374:
201:
dates, and other pitfalls, and some of his efforts to detect them were detailed in
220:
for processing palm starch are preadapted for eliminating the poison from bitter
149:
214:
Some
Subsistence Implications of Holocene Climatic Change in Northwestern Guyana
250:
Williams died from cancer, aged 75, on 28 June 1998 at his home in
Georgetown.
165:
69:
267:
His accomplishments were recognised in several national awards, including the
212:
resources and changes in artefacts and settlement behaviour was summarised in
569:
472:
190:
125:
321:
Icon and Image: A Study of Sacred and
Secular Forms of African Classical Art
43:
217:
194:
198:
298:. London: Calder and Boyars, 1968. Reprinted Peepal Tree Press, 2010.
292:. London: New Authors Ltd, 1963. Reprinted Peepal Tree Press, 2009.
209:
542:
Fifty
Caribbean Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook
208:
Evidence for a correlation between the declining productivity of
228:
He recognised the importance of publication and in 1978 founded
221:
121:
531:
Denis
Williams, a Life in Works: New and Collected Essays
236:
in
Georgetown. Among other journals Williams edited were
240:(the University of Ife Journal of African studies) and
16:
Guyanese painter, writer and archaeologist (1923–1998)
333:
140:, C.C.H., Hon. D. Lit., M.A., called by his friends
216:. His observation that the methods employed by the
19:For the Welsh neurologist and epileptologist, see
544:, Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1986, pp. 483–92.
529:Charlotte Williams and Evelyn A. Williams (eds),
468:"Denis Williams – London to Issano to Georgetown"
567:
536:Victor J. Ramraj, "Denis Williams (1923–)", in
174:. From 1957 to 1962 he lectured on fine art at
384:
189:In 1980 he began intensive archaeological and
606:Academic staff of Obafemi Awolowo University
631:Guyanese expatriates in the United Kingdom
556:"Recollections, Cuffy, and Denis Williams"
42:
611:Academic staff of the University of Lagos
465:
369:
367:
365:
262:
203:Early Pottery on the Amazon: A Correction
407:
405:
403:
120:(1 February 1923 – 28 June 1998) was a
568:
362:
178:. He later became a researcher at the
23:. For people with a similar name, see
601:Academic staff of Makerere University
493:
414:A Companion to West Indian Literature
400:
338:Habitat and Culture in Ancient Guyana
412:Hughes, Michael. "Williams, Denis".
309:Image and Idea in the Arts of Guyana
13:
523:
411:
234:Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology
14:
662:
548:
494:Reece, Maggie (1 February 2011).
466:McPherson, Akima (23 July 2023).
278:
144:, was born on 1 February 1923 in
626:Guyanese expatriates in Nigeria
646:People from Georgetown, Guyana
591:20th-century Guyanese painters
506:
487:
459:
446:
433:
420:
302:
93:Author, painter, archaeologist
1:
596:20th-century Guyanese writers
533:, Editions Rodopi B.V., 2010.
356:
315:Giglioli in Guyana, 1922–1972
273:University of the West Indies
616:Deaths from cancer in Guyana
441:Archaeology and Anthropology
344:Pages in Guyanese Prehistory
230:Archaeology and Anthropology
180:Institute of African Studies
176:Khartoum Technical Institute
131:
7:
651:University of Guyana alumni
586:20th-century archaeologists
514:"The Art of Denis Williams"
269:Golden Arrow of Achievement
10:
667:
379:Guyana Times International
327:Contemporary Art in Guyana
283:
160:and visiting tutor at the
138:Denis Joseph Ivan Williams
54:Denis Joseph Ivan Williams
18:
254:The Art of Denis Williams
105:
97:
89:
75:
50:
41:
34:
454:Prehistoria Sudamericana
171:In the Castle of my Skin
154:Camberwell School of Art
110:Camberwell School of Art
621:Guyanese archaeologists
242:Lagos Notes and Records
263:Awards and recognition
193:investigations of the
232:, the journal of the
158:Central School of Art
516:. Peepal Tree Press.
296:The Third Temptation
124:painter, author and
636:Guyanese scientists
416:. pp. 133–134.
381:, 23 November 2012.
162:Slade School of Art
152:Scholarship to the
21:Denis John Williams
538:Daryl Cumber Dance
428:American Antiquity
391:Author information
373:Petamber Persaud,
350:Prehistoric Guyana
85:Georgetown, Guyana
554:Akima McPherson,
395:Peepal Tree Press
184:University of Ife
115:
114:
658:
641:Guyanese writers
518:
517:
510:
504:
503:
491:
485:
484:
482:
480:
463:
457:
450:
444:
437:
431:
424:
418:
417:
409:
398:
388:
382:
371:
142:"Sonny" Williams
82:
62:
60:
46:
32:
31:
666:
665:
661:
660:
659:
657:
656:
655:
566:
565:
562:, 25 June 2023.
551:
526:
524:Further reading
521:
512:
511:
507:
492:
488:
478:
476:
464:
460:
451:
447:
438:
434:
425:
421:
410:
401:
389:
385:
372:
363:
359:
305:
286:
281:
265:
259:
150:British Council
134:
106:Alma mater
84:
80:
64:
63:1 February 1923
58:
56:
55:
37:
28:
25:Dennis Williams
17:
12:
11:
5:
664:
654:
653:
648:
643:
638:
633:
628:
623:
618:
613:
608:
603:
598:
593:
588:
583:
578:
564:
563:
550:
549:External links
547:
546:
545:
534:
525:
522:
520:
519:
505:
500:Guyana Graphic
486:
458:
445:
432:
419:
399:
383:
360:
358:
355:
354:
353:
347:
341:
335:
330:
324:
318:
312:
304:
301:
300:
299:
293:
290:Other Leopards
285:
282:
280:
279:Selected works
277:
264:
261:
168:'s first book
166:George Lamming
133:
130:
118:Denis Williams
113:
112:
107:
103:
102:
99:
95:
94:
91:
87:
86:
83:(aged 75)
77:
73:
72:
70:British Guiana
52:
48:
47:
39:
38:
36:Denis Williams
35:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
663:
652:
649:
647:
644:
642:
639:
637:
634:
632:
629:
627:
624:
622:
619:
617:
614:
612:
609:
607:
604:
602:
599:
597:
594:
592:
589:
587:
584:
582:
579:
577:
574:
573:
571:
561:
560:Stabroek News
557:
553:
552:
543:
539:
535:
532:
528:
527:
515:
509:
501:
497:
490:
475:
474:
473:Stabroek News
469:
462:
456:, pp. 233–51.
455:
449:
442:
436:
429:
423:
415:
408:
406:
404:
396:
392:
387:
380:
376:
370:
368:
366:
361:
351:
348:
345:
342:
339:
336:
334:
331:
328:
325:
322:
319:
316:
313:
310:
307:
306:
297:
294:
291:
288:
287:
276:
274:
270:
260:
257:
255:
251:
248:
245:
243:
239:
235:
231:
226:
223:
219:
215:
211:
206:
204:
200:
196:
195:shell middens
192:
191:paleoclimatic
187:
185:
181:
177:
173:
172:
167:
163:
159:
155:
151:
147:
143:
139:
129:
127:
126:archaeologist
123:
119:
111:
108:
104:
100:
96:
92:
88:
78:
74:
71:
67:
53:
49:
45:
40:
33:
30:
26:
22:
559:
541:
530:
508:
499:
489:
477:. Retrieved
471:
461:
453:
448:
440:
435:
427:
422:
413:
386:
378:
349:
343:
337:
332:
326:
320:
314:
308:
295:
289:
266:
258:
253:
252:
249:
246:
241:
237:
229:
227:
213:
207:
202:
188:
169:
141:
137:
135:
117:
116:
81:(1998-06-28)
79:28 June 1998
29:
581:1998 deaths
576:1923 births
303:Non-fiction
199:radiocarbon
98:Nationality
570:Categories
357:References
146:Georgetown
90:Occupation
66:Georgetown
59:1923-02-01
132:Biography
479:22 April
430:62: 342.
210:mangrove
122:Guyanese
101:Guyanese
284:Fiction
182:at the
439:1982,
426:1997,
352:(2003)
346:(1995)
340:(1984)
329:(1976)
323:(1974)
317:(1973)
311:(1969)
222:manioc
218:Warao
481:2024
136:Dr.
76:Died
51:Born
393:at
238:Odu
572::
558:,
540:,
498:.
470:.
402:^
377:,
364:^
275:.
205:.
186:.
128:.
68:,
502:.
483:.
443:.
397:.
61:)
57:(
27:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
