Education
Best attended the Tacarigua Anglican School and Queen"s Royal College, in Portuguese of Spain.
Best attended the Tacarigua Anglican School and Queen"s Royal College, in Portuguese of Spain.
In 1957 Best joined the Faculty of the University of the West Indies in Mona, Jamaica, as a Research Fellow. He was Leader of the Opposition in the Senate from 1974–1975 and 1981-1983. Even though he was in failing health, two weeks before his death Best was hard at work with his colleague and fellow Tapia house member, Eric Street Cyr completing his newest work titled Economic Policy and Management Choices: A Contemporary Economic History of Trinidad and Tobago, 1950-1952.
He died at his home, aged 73, from prostate cancer and diabetes.
He remained as a Professor in Economics until 1976, when he resigned to work full-time at Tapia House Movement, a political, social and economic organisation. Tapia House was unsuccessful in gaining seats in the 1976 elections, but some the party"s members helped form the National Alliance for Reconstruction, which won the 1986 General Elections.