PHILIPS, Cyril Henry. Worchester 27.12.1912 — Swanage, Dorset 29.12.2005. Sir. British Historian. In the 1920s some years in Bihar, where his father worked as engine driver. Educated at Rock Ferry High School. From 1931 studies at Liverpool, graduated 1934 in history. Then studies at S.O.A.S., Ph.D. 1940. In WW II served in Army Education Corps, finally as Lieutenant-Colonel. After war soon Professor and Head of History Dept. at S.O.A.S., 1946-80, 1955 succeeded Turner as its director. In 1972-76 Vice-Chancellor of London University. Retired 1980. In 1978-81 chairman of Royal Commission on Criminal Procedure. Knighted 1974.
Publications: Diss. publ. The East India Company: 1784–1834. 383 p. Manchester 1940.
– India. 176 p. L. – N.Y. 1949.
– Edited: Historians of India, Pakistan and Ceylon. 504 p. Historical Writings on the Peoples of Asia 1. L. 1961.
– Politics and Society in India. 190 p. L. 1963.
– The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1917-1967: An Introduction. 1967.
– The young Wellington in India. 38 p. L. 1972.
– Indian Society and the Beginnings of Modernisation, circa 1830-1850. 1976.
– Beyond the Ivory Tower. The Autobiography of Sir Cyril Philips. 12+291 p. L. 1995.
– Edited works; articles.
Sources: *M.E. Yapp, Oxford D.N.B.; Wikipedia.
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