Dr rudranath capildeo biography of rory

Capildeo was born in Chaguanas, Trinidad, to Pundit Capildeo and his wife Soogee, the youngest child of the prominent Capildeo family.

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He attended the University of London, where he obtained his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Physics in , his Master of Science in Mathematics in , and his Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematical Physics in , his thesis being entitled "The flexure problem in elasticity". He was also a faculty member at the University of London, eventually holding the position of Reader of Mathematics.

He also has a daughter, Anne Gasteen, born in He was awarded the Trinity Cross the nation"s highest award in While Capildeo was a man of undoubted intelligence, his entry into politics in the late s was because the political figures who entered the DLP in did not trust each other, and could only agree on him. Though he left Trinidad in to study medicine, Rudranath Capildeo changed his course of study, focusing on applied mathematics and physics.

He was committed to understanding the nature of space and time and this sparked his interest in understanding Einstein"s Theory of Special Relativity. This work led to several new theories, which had practical implications in aerodynamics and space. His political career was unusual, since he was active only during election campaigns in and and during the summer months.

His conduct of the last pre-independence electoral campaign, in , was also unusual, beginning with his declaration that because he understood Einstein he could "compress the time" necessary to undo what the sitting government had done. Not only did Capildeo produce many significant mathematical theories and a book on Vector Algebra and Mechanics in , he also studied law in London in