He went on to work as a specialist consultant to various public and private organisations developing beaches throughout the Caribbean for the next two decades. In 1966, he went to Japan to learn about tropical beach erosion and became an expert in this area. In 1962, he joined the Faculty of Engineering at The University of the West Indies (UWI) St. His work focused on addressing the drainage problems faced in low-lying coastal areas with changing tidal levels. He returned to Guyana to take up the post of District Engineer in the Department of Drainage and Engineering. He completed a postgraduate diploma in hydraulic engineering at Delft University in Holland. In 1955, he graduated with first class honours in civil engineering, and received the prestigious Chadwick Gold Medal for Best Academic Performance. Prior to taking up his scholarship at the University of London, he taught chemistry at the Grenada Boys’ Secondary School. He attended Comenius Moravian School, then Queen’s College in Georgetown, and was awarded a Government Merit Scholarship. He was responsible for many innovative designs in drainage, irrigation and flood control works in the region, among them the Boerasirie Extension Project in Guyana.Ĭompton Deane was born on 9th December, 1931 in Georgetown, Guyana.
He started a Caribbean-wide research programme on beach erosion and became a regional expert in the field. Dr Compton Deane was a prominent civil engineer in the Caribbean.
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