Brinsley Samaroo
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Brinsley Samaroo | |
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 Brinsley Samaroo at Sevilla House, Brechin Castle, Couva, 2020 | |
| Born | 14 April 1940[1] |
| Died | 9 July 2023 (aged 83)[1] |
| Occupations | Historian and politician |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | The Constitutional Development of Trinidad, 1898-1925[2] (1969) |
Brinsley Samaroo (14 April 1940–9 July 2023) was a Trinidad and Tobago historian and former politician who served as the Minister of Local Government and Decentralisation and the Minister of Food Production under the National Alliance for Reconstruction government.
Samaroo was born on 14 April 1940 in Rio Claro, in south Trinidad, the youngest of seven children of George and Myna Samaroo. Both George and Myna were the children of indentured Indians.[1] Samaroo grew up in Ecclesville, outside Rio Claro,[3] where his grandfather, Gobindaye Samaroo, had worked for Canadian Presbyterian missionaries who developed the settlement.[1]
Samaroo won a scholarship to attend Naparima College, where he received his secondary education.[3] At Naparima he lived in the dormitories along with other students who lived outside San Fernando. He became close friends with Kenneth Ramchand, a fellow "dormitory boy".[4]
In 1960 Samaroo applied for a scholarship to study in India.[5] He was awarded a scholarship by the government of India and attended the Delhi University[3] from 1961 to 1965,[5] where he received his B.A. and M.A.[3]
Samaroo won a Commonwealth Scholarship to study at Birbeck College, University of London. He defended his dissertation in 1969.[5]