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Sunday, February 16, 2025

Professor Sir Hilary Beckles: Brinsley was my brother

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Ryan Bachoo
583 days ago
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Professor Emeritus at the University of the West Indies Dr Brinsley Samaroo died at the age of 84 yesterday.

Professor Emeritus at the University of the West Indies Dr Brinsley Samaroo died at the age of 84 yesterday.

Ryan Ba­choo

Pro­fes­sor Sir Hi­lary Beck­les, Vice Chan­cel­lor of The UWI, has said dis­tin­guished his­to­ri­an and for­mer Head of the De­part­ment of His­to­ry at The UWI, St. Au­gus­tine Cam­pus, Pro­fes­sor Brins­ley Sama­roo, was his broth­er.

In mourn­ing the pass­ing of Pro­fes­sor Sama­roo, Pro­fes­sor Beck­les said, "Brins­ley was my broth­er and col­league for over 40 years. I ad­mired his grasp of his­tor­i­cal forces and we shared a com­mon read­ing of the Caribbean past. He was a kind and gen­er­ous col­league and a uni­ver­si­ty man to the bone. We shall miss him as we cel­e­brate his con­sid­er­able con­tri­bu­tions to our Caribbean com­mu­ni­ty."

In ad­di­tion to his promi­nent role as Head of the His­to­ry De­part­ment, Pro­fes­sor Sama­roo was a re­spect­ed mem­ber of Par­lia­ment for Nar­i­va and a min­is­ter in the gov­ern­ment of the Na­tion­al Al­liance for Re­con­struc­tion (NAR). While his con­tri­bu­tions as a Par­lia­men­tar­i­an in the 1980s were note­wor­thy, it is his pro­found im­pact as the head of the His­to­ry De­part­ment at The UWI and his sig­nif­i­cant con­tri­bu­tions to the field of Trinidad and To­ba­go's his­to­ry, the work­ing class, and In­do-Caribbean his­to­ry that have earned him the ut­most re­spect.

Pro­fes­sor Rose-Marie Belle An­toine, Pro Vice-Chan­cel­lor and Cam­pus Prin­ci­pal at The UWI St. Au­gus­tine Cam­pus, ex­pressed her grat­i­tude for his in­valu­able con­tri­bu­tions not on­ly to the uni­ver­si­ty but al­so to the wider coun­try and the Caribbean re­gion, “Pro­fes­sor Sama­roo's lega­cy ex­tends far be­yond his au­thored books and re­search jour­nals, as he ex­em­pli­fied the true essence of an un­selfish and con­scious aca­d­e­m­ic.

His com­mit­ment ex­tend­ed be­yond the con­fines of the cam­pus, as he ac­tive­ly en­gaged with com­mu­ni­ties, in­clud­ing our First Peo­ples, gen­er­ous­ly shar­ing his knowl­edge. He had the spe­cial touch to make his­to­ry vi­brant and ur­gent. His ab­sence will be deeply felt by all those who had the priv­i­lege of know­ing him.”

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