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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.
He received his early education at the Tranquility Boys' School. From a tender age, his father groomed him to achieve excellence.
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In 1922 Williams won one of eight college "exhibition" scholarships for free tuition at Queen's Royal College (QRC) in Port of Spain. He excelled both academically and in sports, becoming captain of the school's intramural soccer team.
Williams's first goal was to win the coveted Island Scholarship, which he achieved on his third attempt, in October 1931.
The following year he left for England, where he studied Latin, French, European history, and political economy at Oxford University, earning first-class honors in history in 1936. He then immediately began to read