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Rudranath Capildeo
Trinidadian and Tobagonian politician, mathematician and barrister
The Hon.Rudranath CapildeoTC (pronounced[rud̪rənɑːt̪ʰəkəpiləd̪eːoː]; 2 February – 12 May ) was a Trinidadian and Tobagonian politician, mathematician and barrister. He was a member of the prominent Hindu Indo-Trinidadian Capildeo family. Capildeo was the leader of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) from to and the first Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of the independent Trinidad and Tobago from to He was also a faculty member at the University of London, eventually holding the position of Reader of Mathematics. He was awarded the Trinity Cross, the nation's highest award, in
Early years and education
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Rudranath Capildeo was born on 2 February into a Brahmin Hindu Indo-Trinidadian family at Anand Bhavan (translation: Mansion of Eternal Bliss; aka Lion House) on the Main Road in the city of Chaguanas in Caroni County in the the
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Capildeo family
Indo-Trinidadian family
| Capildeo family | |
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| Parent family | Dubey |
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| Etymology | From Capil Deo Dubey; Capil Deo |
| Place of origin | Mahadeva Dubey Village, Gorakhpur district, North-Western Provinces, British India (present-day Mahadeva Dubey Village, Maharajganj district, Gorakhpur division, Uttar Pradesh, India) |
| Founder | Pundit Capildeo Dubey |
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| Members | |
| Connected members | Seepersad Naipaul and Nadira Naipaul |
| Connected families | Gobin family, Naipaul family, Permanand family, Bissoondath family, Maraj family, Tewari family, Goswami family |
| Traditions | SanātanīHinduism |
| Estate(s) | Anand Bhavan (आनंद भवन; Mansion of Bliss) a.k.a. The Lion House, Main Road Chaguanas, Caroni County, Trinidad and Tobago |
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The Capildeo family (pronounced[kəpiləd̪eːoː]) is an Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian family of Hindupundits, politicians, scientists, attorneys, and writers. The most notable members are Nobel la
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Dr. Rudranath Capildeo was a Trinidadian scholar who made contributions in the fields of applied mathematics and physics. He studied the nature of space and time and this sparked his interest in understanding Einstein&#;s Theory of Special Relativity. His work resulted in new theories, such as the &#;Theory of Rotation and Gravity&#; or &#;Capildeo&#;s Theory&#; for short. This theory had applications in early outer space expeditions in the s and s.
Capildeo was a gifted educator who spent most of his teaching life at the University College, London. He also taught at other institutions including the University of Khartoum, Sudan and he was the first principal of Trinidad Polytechnic School. He wrote a mathematics textbook entitled &#;Vector Algebra and Mechanics: Theory, Problems, and Solutions&#;.
Rudranath Capildeo was born in Chaguanas, Trinidad on February 2nd at &#;The Lion House&#;. He attended Queen&#;s Royal College (QRC) and won an Open National Scholarship in He began st