Papers of Professor Henry Herbert Dodwell

The collection comprises illustrations, letters and papers relating to India collected by Professor H. H. Dodwell, including an eyewitness account of the Mutiny at Cawnpore (April 1858).


Date(s) of creation: 1753-1936
Level: Collection
Format: Archive           

Reference number: MS 380667
Summary: The collection comprises illustrations, letters and papers relating to India collected by Professor H. H. Dodwell, including an eyewitness account of the Mutiny at Cawnpore (April 1858).
Main author: Dodwell; Henry Herbert (1879-1946); historian
Extent: 1 box
Admin history: Henry Herbert Dodwell was born in 1879. He was educated at Thames Grammar School and St. John's College, Oxford. He married Lily May in 1908. He was Professor of History and Culture of the British Dominions in Asia at the School of Oriental and African Studies from 1922-1946. He edited two volumes of The Cambridge History of India (Cambridge University Press, 1929 and 1932) and The Founder of Modern Egypt: a study of Muhamad 'Ali (1931). He died on 13 June 1946.
Acquisition: Donated in 1989.
Access status: Open
Language: English
Finding aids: Unpublished handlist
Format: Archive           
Subjects:
Access Points - Person, Corporate & Family Names:
Name Code Person, Corporate or Family Name Type of Entity
GB/NNAF/P140734 Dodwell; Henry Herbert (1879-1946); historian Person
GB/NNAF/C62038 University of London; School of Oriental and African Studies Corporate
Access Points - Places:
Place Code Place Name
357994 Egypt
7729895 Southern Asia
1269750 India
1267995 Kanpur