Haitian historian Georges Corvington, who chronicled the country’s capital, dies at age 88

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti

The Associated Press

….Born in Port-au-Prince, Corvington began writing in the 1970s, collecting thousands of books that eventually formed a seemingly unmatched library collection. In addition to his work about the capital, a hilly coastal city that eventually swelled to an estimated 3 million people, Corvington also wrote about the National Palace and National Cathedral, iconic buildings that were destroyed in the 2010 earthquake that devastated much of Port-au-Prince.

Corvington himself narrowly survived the earthquake that toppled thousands of shoddily made buildings. When the disaster struck in the late afternoon on Jan. 12, 2010, Corvington was trapped under the debris of his home for about an hour before neighbours rescued him. He was not injured.

After the quake, the United Nations cultural agency UNESCO issued a call to protect Haitian artifacts from being pillaged from the country’s destroyed historical sites, and helped Corvington salvage his own archives….

Read more: http://www.timescolonist.com/haitian-historian-georges-corvington-who-chronicled-the-country-s-capital-dies-at-age-88-1.104087

Share:

Author: `

by buildingaschool
March 2024
S M T W T F S
« Feb    
 12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31  

Archives