CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – One of the authors of the history of St. Lucia , Robert Devaux has died after a short battle with cancer. He was 79. Devaux, a field engineer by profession, spent his lifetime the history, ecology, landscape and culture of St Lucia. He served as director of the St. Lucia National Trust and wrote and published several books and articles, including the monumental St Lucia Historic Sites (1975). He also penned “A century of coaling in St Lucia (1975), History and analysis of coastal processes at Pigeon Island (1993) and They called us Brigands: the sage of St Lucia's freedom fighters (1997).