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Eric Williams

Eric Williams, Trinidadian historian and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (died 1981)

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Born
September 25, 1911
Died
March 29, 1981
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1911

About Eric Williams

Eric Eustace Williams was a Trinidad and Tobago politician. He has been dubbed the "Father of the Nation", 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 1976, leading an unbroken string of general election victories with his political party, the People's National Movement, until his death in 1981. He represented Port of Spain South in the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. He won an island scholarship in 1932, which allowed him to attend St. In 1935, he received a first class honours degree, and ranked first among history graduates that year.

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Eric Williams timeline

  1. He won an island scholarship in 1932, which allowed him to attend St.
  2. In 1935, he received a first class honours degree, and ranked first among history graduates that year.

The world when Eric Williams was born

Eric Williams was born in 1911. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1911

  • Best-selling book"The Broad Highway" – Jeffery Farnol

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Indianapolis 500 race
  • Top headlineTriangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 workers
  • Technology milestoneFirst transcontinental airplane flight (49 days)
  • World population~1.71B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
  • U.S. population93.4M

1911 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Eric Williams's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19112026
Population93.4M341 million

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