Professor emeritus at The UWI Dr Patricia Mohammed had a long professional and personal relationship with Dr Brinsley Samaroo. She and some of her colleagues share their recollections here:
Historian, UWI Professor Emeritus Brinsley Samaroo has died at hospital after suffering a brain aneurysm. He was 84 years old. He was elected Member of Parliament for Nariva in 1986
Professor Emeritus Dr Brinsley Samaroo, noted historian, retired university lecturer and past government minister, died on Sunday after a brief illness. He was 84. Former colleagues hailed his enduring contribution to the study of history and the practice of politics. His daughter Kavita Samaroo issued a statement saying at 12.45 pm, he died peacefully. "We
Sean Douglas (Trinidad and Tobago Newsday) is one of the many voices mourning the passing of Dr. Brinsley Damaroo, well-known as a writer, educator, and historian who formerly led the UWI's History Department. Among his works are: India in the Caribbean (1987), Adrian Cola Rienzi: The life and times of and Indo-Caribbean progressive (2022), and…
A brilliant writer, a conscious academic and a remarkable individual. This is how UWI will remember historian and retired lecturer Prof Brinsley Samaroo. Samaroo, who was also a past government minister under the NAR, had been taken ill recently. His family said he died peacefully at 12.45 pm on Sunday. He was a professor of