William N. Arno
Educator and writer
About William N. Arno
William Nicholas Arno (December 7, 1878 – 1979) was an educator and author in Guyana. He wrote a book about Victoria Village, the settlement developed by former slaves that became Victoria, Guyana. He served as president of the Guyana Teachers Association.
He was born in Victoria, in what was then British Guiana, to a schoolmaster. He had five daughters and three sons and lived in 286 Irving Street in Georgetown. The Guyana Heritage Society reprinted the book and others including The Twelve Views in the Interior of Guiana by Robert Schomburgk, Centenary history and handbook of British Guiana by Albert R. F. Webber, and Story of Georgetown by James Rodway.
Writings History of Victoria Village, East Coast Demerara (1964, republished 1966 and 1999)
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Who was William N. Arno?
educator and writer
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William N. Arno died in 1979.
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