Henry Fraser

Henry Fraser, architectural historian, artist, writer, and television presenter, is a medical doctor who was the founding Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, as well as the founding Director of the George Alleyne Chronic Disease Research Centre. He is the author and or co-author of many peer-reviewed papers as well as newspaper columns. Among his publications are Historic Houses of Barbados and A Life in Medicine and The Arts—An Autobiography. Public Orator, UWI, Cave Hill Campus, 1992–2010, as well as National Orator 1998–2013, Professor Fraser has served as a senator in the Parliament of Barbados (2012–2018), president of the Barbados National Trust, chair of the Task Force on Historic Bridgetown and Garrison as World Heritage site as well as chair of the Preservation Task Force–Barbados’ Built Heritage. He was Knighted in 2014.