Profiles: Heroes, Role Models and Pioneers of Trinidad and Tobago - by Nasser Khan

92 Linkages: Solving Trinidad roots in India.”  He found his first document in 1972 in the archives in the cellar of the Red House with the name of the indentured immigrant who arrived in Trinidad in 1852 and from whom the Deen clan in Trinidad is descended. Apart from developing and teaching genealogical techniques, he is expanding his research on the close to 150,000 Indian indentured labourers who came to Trinidad between 1845 and 1921 on 319 voyages on 154 ships. • 1997 Humming Bird Medal Gold RAPHAEL DOUGLASS (1927-2012) R aphael Douglass attended Belmont Boys RC, Belmont Intermediate and St Mary’s College and was very active in sports and the Sea Scouts. He pioneered the teaching of Science at primary schools by having it included in the curriculum. He then worked with hundreds of teachers to develop and introduce a primary science curriculum, replacing nature study and hygience which existed before. This was followed by appropriate changes to the Teachers College science curriculum. He co- authored a primary science textbook series since there was none available at the time and was instrumental in establishing a Schools Science Fair. He also contributed to teaching science at secondary school level, teaching in 1961 at three newly opened “Modern Secondary” schools; Woodbrook, St James and Diego Martin as well as serving on CXC panels. Several awards and trophies have been named in his honour. FR. LEONARD J. GRAF (1884-1970) G erman-born, he was a science educator at St. Mary’s College for many years in the subjects of zoology and botany. He did however