George Seymour Gabb

George Seymour Gabb was born on 28 February 1928 in Belize City and received only a primary education. He first sold tortoiseshell and shell objects in town, then ziricote bowls and sailboats; Hurricane Hattie ruined this small trade in 1961. A scholarship then took him to England, where he met Henry Moore, and he became the best-known sculptor in the country. A painter, playwright and poet, he was made a member of the Order of the British Empire in 1974. He died on 1 March 2007.

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• PoetryNaked Eye: Belizean Proverbs and PhilosophyGeorge Seymour Gabb · 1996Literature