Historical figures in Port of Spain
The atlas holds 3 people and 9 moments here, from 1932 to 1989. The most recorded lives are V. S. Naipaul, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Derek Walcott. Among them Political Leaders, across the Cold War and the Interwar Period.
Notable people
Derek Walcott
from 1953 to 1959
2 moments here
Saint Lucian poet, playwright, painter, and teacher who won the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature.…
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
in 1936
2 moments here
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as New York state senator, assistant secretary of the Navy,…
V. S. Naipaul
from 1932 to 1989
5 moments here
Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was a Trinidad-born British novelist, essayist, and travel writer.…
Moments
- 1932 Birth in Chaguanas V. S. Naipaul
- 1936 Stops in Trinidad en route south Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1936 Stops again in Trinidad Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1942 Queen's Royal College schooling V. S. Naipaul
- 1953 Move to Trinidad after graduation Derek Walcott
- 1959 Founding the Trinidad Theatre Workshop Derek Walcott
- 1960 Caribbean research stay V. S. Naipaul
- 1971 Visit to Michael X's commune V. S. Naipaul
- 1989 Trinity Cross visit to Trinidad V. S. Naipaul