Guy Egbert Leon de Weever was a teacher, journalist and historian, best known for writing The Children's Story of Guyana, a staple geographical and historical text, used for 44 years (1932–1974) in Guyanese primary schools.
[1][2] The book was reprinted almost every year until the mid-1970s, with one revision in 1949 (by Edna de Weever).
[3] De Weever was born in March 1907 in Onderneeming, Essequibo, Guyana, to Paulina and Peter Moses de Weever, both teachers.
[1] He moved to Georgetown and attended Queen's College.
He excelled at academic studies, especially in the history of the area, and he also did well at athletics.