#BTColumn – Tribute to Richard Goddard
Article by February 26, 2021
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by Professor Sir Henry Fraser
Richard Goddard – farmer, businessman, environmentalist, historian and public citizen – died on Thursday, February 18th at his home Bleak House, at the age of 85, and many thousands of Barbadians from all walks of life mourn his passing.
A hero in his schooldays, a Canadian Royal Mounted Policeman for many years, a businessman managing the famous Kensington Food Fair, a pig farmer, an eminent historic preservationist and environmental activist, a speleologist, hike leader and youth leader, and an amateur historian, among other lives and loves, Richard achieved a certain additional fame in his frank and active opposition to the unwise proposal for the Greenland landfill.