Died 19 November 1936 | Education Harrison College | |
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Charles Duncan O'Neal (30 November 1879 – November 1936) was a Barbados physician and political figure. He founded the radical Democratic League in 1924.
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O'Neal was born in St Lucy, Barbados. He was schooled at Harrison College and in 1899 went to study medicine at Edinburgh University, graduating with am MB ChB on 23 July 1904.
Legacy
One of the two main bridges over the Careenage in the capital-city Bridgetown is named the Charles Duncan O'Neal Bridge.
By an act of Parliament in 1998 O'Neal was named as one of the ten National Heroes of Barbados. He is currently on the $10 Barbados banknote.
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