Barbados has lost another of its highly respected historians.
Professor Pedro Welch, a former Deputy Principal of the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill and distinguished medical historian has died.
He passed away yesterday.
The 74-year-old has served on several public boards and committees in Barbados, and as chairman of the Task Force on Reparations.
He was also an editor of the Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society.
