John Peter Bennett (30 November 1914 – 25 November 2011) was a Guyanese priest and linguist. A Lokono, in 1949, he was the first Amerindian in Guyana to be ordained as an Anglican priest and canon. His linguistic work centred on preserving his native Arawak language and other Amerindian languages; he wrote An Arawak-English Dictionary (1989).
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13 September 1914 Grant Faithful, Guyana
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Died |
1 November 2011 (aged 97) Kabakaburi, Guyana
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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