Rex Nettleford

Rex Nettleford
Born
Ralston Milton Nettleford

(1933-02-03)3 February 1933
Died2 February 2010(2010-02-02) (aged 76)
Washington, D.C., United States
EducationCornwall College
Alma materUniversity of the West Indies
Oriel College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Scholar, social critic, choreographer
Notable workMirror, Mirror: Identity, Race and Protest in Jamaica (1970)
AwardsOrder of Merit
Gold Musgrave Medal

Ralston Milton "Rex" Nettleford OM FIJ OCC (3 February 1933 – 2 February 2010) was a Jamaican scholar, social critic, choreographer, and Vice-Chancellor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), the leading research university in the Commonwealth Caribbean.