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Eric Eustace Williams TC CH (25 September 1911 – 29 March 1981) was a Trinidad and Tobago politician [8] who is regarded by some as the "Father of the Nation", [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] having led the then British Colony of Trinidad and Tobago to majority rule on 28 October 1956, to independence on 31 August 1962, and republic status on 1 August ...
Apr 16, 2024 · Eric Williams (born Sept. 25, 1911, Port of Spain, Trinidad—died March 29, 1981, St. Anne, near Port of Spain) was the first and longtime prime minister of independent Trinidad and Tobago (1962–81), who founded (1956) the People’s National Movement (PNM) and led his country to independence.
Oct 5, 2021 · The Politician-Scholar. Eric Williams and the tangled history of capitalism and slavery. Gerald Horne. This article appears in the October 18/25, 2021 issue . Illustration by Joe...
Sep 25, 2020 · Erica Williams-Connell is the daughter of former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Eric Williams. She is the founding curator of the Eric Williams Memorial Collection Research Library, Archives & Museum (EWMC) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Trinidad and Tobago.
Feb 7, 2018 · Dr. Eric Eustace Williams (Sept. 25, 1911 – March 29 1981) served as the first Prime Minister of the twin-island republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Renowned as the “Father of the Nation,” Dr. Williams served as prime minister from 1962 until his death in 1981. He was also a noted Caribbean historian.
Home. Becoming Eric Williams. Eric Williams was born on September 25, 1911 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, to Thomas Henry Williams and Eliza Frances Boissiere. He was the eldest of twelve children. Pictured above: Henry Williams, Eliza Frances Boissiere Williams and their children. Eric Williams stands third from the left.
The Eric Williams Collection. The Eric Williams Heritage is of worldwide significance since it documents the life and times of Dr. Eric Williams, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago international statesman and esteemed scholar, during the period 1956-1981.
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Williams, Eric. September 25, 1911. March 29, 1981. Eric Eustace Williams, the first prime minister of the independent Trinidad and Tobago, was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, the eldest of twelve children of Thomas Henry Williams, a junior-level post office official, and Eliza Boissiere.
Dr. Eric Eustace Williams, the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago is a complex and controversial Caribbean figure best known for leading Trinidad and Tobago to Independence in 1962 and for his seminal and once-controversial book, 'Capitalism and Slavery'.
Eric Williams was the founder and Political Leader of the People's National Movement (PNM), Trinidad and Tobago's first modern political party. "For Catholic Voters" Bulletin. circa 1956. With no prior political experience, Williams faced significant opposition in the 1956 election.
