Cyril Potter

Robert Cyril Gladstone Potter (1899–1981) was an educator and composer from Guyana and the namesake of the Cyril Potter College of Education.

Potter was born at Graham's Hall in Guyana in 1899.

He graduated Queen's College, Guyana and from Mico University College in Jamaica and also received an honors B.A.

Potter then returned to Guyana and taught and served Headmaster at Teachers Training Centre from 1933 to 1941 and then from 1941 to 1945 as acting Master of Queen's College.

In 1966 Potter composed the national anthem of Guyana, Green Land of Guyana, Potter died in 1981.