MITCHELL, Alfred Norval. 18.12.1906 — 1988. British Civil Servant in India. Joined I.C.S. in 1930, 1934 transferred to Political Service. Until 1947 Administrator of Bastar State. After a time in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) Secretary and Registrar of St.Andrews University, retired 1972. O.B.E. Married, at least one son.

Publications: A Grammar of Maria Gondi, as Spoken by the Bison Horn or Dandami Marias of Bastar State. 4+69 p. Jagdalpur 1942.

– The Quiet People of India. 256 p. 2006 (autobiography written in 1975, ed. by his son).

Sources: Wikipedia (short and defective) with photo.