![]() ![]() Through the late 1940’s and 1950’s, various pieces of Drayton’s work appeared in Bim, a West Indies literary journal. This was his job, but his first love was writing and that passion never waned. In that capacity he traveled the world, principally the Middle East, during which time he also acted as an advisor to many governments on matters concerning the petroleum industry. ![]() Drayton found his way back to England where he began a career as a writer for the Petroleum Times, a trade publication for the oil industry, where he assumed the role of editor a few years later. Ryerson Press in Toronto published, in 1950, Three Meridians, a collection of his poetry. He returned to Barbados once his studies were completed and after another teaching stint he left for Ottawa. He taught for a year at Lodge School before leaving Barbados for England, where he attended Cambridge and studied Economics, attaining both undergraduate and graduate degrees in that discipline. Drayton graduated from Harrison College at the age of 19. Geoffrey Drayton was born on the island of Barbados on February 13, 1924, near Bridgetown. ![]()
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