What is Deryck Ferrier?
{{Infobox person | name = Deryck Ferrier | image = Deryck John Henri Ferrier.jpg | caption = Ferrier in 2019 | birth_name = Deryck John Henri Ferrier | birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|7|20|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Paramaribo]], Suriname | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|1|7|1933|7|20|df=y}} | death_place = Paramaribo, Suriname | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Surinamese | occupation = sociologist and agricultural economist | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Deryck John Henri Ferrier''' (20 July 1933 – 7 January 2022) was a [[Suriname|Surinamese]] sociologist and agricultural economist.<ref name=ref1 /><ref name=ref4>{{cite web|url=https://www.culturu.com/nieuws/suriname/socioloog-deryck-ferrier-is-overleden/|title=Socioloog Deryck Ferrier is overleden|work=Culturu.com|date=7 January 2022|access-date=1 January 2023|language=nl|archive-date=23 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323115827/https://www.culturu.com/nieuws/suriname/socioloog-deryck-ferrier-is-overleden/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ferrier became in 1971 general director of the {{ill|Center for Economic and Social Science Research|nl|Centrum voor Economisch en Sociaalwetenschappelijk Onderzoek}} (Ceswo). He was best known as a social science researcher of Surinamese society. He was also the author of literary work.<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=https://www.dbsuriname.com/2022/01/12/ter-nagedachtenis-van-deryck-john-henri-ferrier-paramaribo-20-juli-1933-7-januari-2022/ |title=Ter nagedachtenis van Deryck John Henri Ferrier (Paramaribo, 20 juli 1933 – 7 januari 2022)|work=Dagblad Suriname|date=12 January 2022|access-date=1 January 2023|language=nl}}</ref><ref name=ref2>{{cite web|url=https://www.parbode.com/parbode-sneak-peek-stonfutu-deryck-ferrier-83/ |title=Parbode Sneak Peek – Stonfutu: Deryck Ferrier (83)|work=Parbode|date=9 December 2016|access-date=1 January 2023|language=nl}}</ref><ref name=ref3>{{cite web|url=https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/62203 |title=Debuutroman