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ERIC EUSTACE WILLIAMS
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DATE OF BIRTH: |
September 25, 1911 |
PLACE OF BIRTH: |
...., Trinidad |
EDUCATION: |
Queen's Royal College
Oxford University (Ph. D., 1938)
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CAREER: Dr. Eric Eustace Williams was the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. He served from 1956 until his death in 1981. He was also a noted Caribbean historian. He won an island scholarship in 1932 which gave him the opportunity to attend Oxford University. In 1939, Williams accepted a position at Howard University, becoming a full professor by 1947. In 1944, he was appointed to the Anglo-American Caribbean Commission. In 1948, Williams returned to Trinidad as the Commission's Deputy Chairman of the Caribbean Research Council. Williams' publications included:
- The Negro in the Caribbean (1942)
- Capitalism and Slavery (1944)
- History of the People of Trinidad and Tobago (1964)
- British Historians and the West Indies (1964)
- Inward Hunger (1969)
- From Columbus to Castro: History of the Caribbean 1492-1969 (1970)
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AWARD:
- 2002 - Trinidad & Tobago Trinity Cross (Posthumously, for Distinguished Service)
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DIED: |
March 29, 1981 |
Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit |
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