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He is also the father of Trinidad and Tobago's current President, Mr. George Maxwell Richards.
Professor George Maxwell Richards served as President of Trinidad and Tobago from to He was the first president who was not an attorney-at-law.!
The President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, His Excellency Professor George Maxwell Richards TC, CMT, PhD, is a distinguished academic in the field of chemical engineering and an Honorary Fellow of the world-renowned Institution of Chemical Engineers of the United Kingdom.
He was born in San Fernando, Trinidad on 1st December, 1931 and received his primary education at the San Fernando E.C.
School, where he won a Government Exhibition scholarship to Queen’s Royal College in Port-of-Spain. He obtained his Bachelor of Science (BSc) and Master of Science (MSc) in Chemical Engineering at the University of Manchester in 1955 and 1957 respectfully.
He later obtained his doctorate at the University of Cambridge in 1963.
He entered the world of work in 1950 as a Staff Trainee at the United British Oilfields of Trinidad Ltd, a precursor to Shell Trinidad Ltd. Then, as a young graduate, he gained professional experience in the petroleum industry, working in several manageria