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Herbert Niel Randle

Herbert Niel Randle

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Herbert Niel Randle C.I.E. F.B.A. (1880–1973), commonly known as "H. N. Randle", was the librarian of the India Office Library (1933–49; assistant librarian 1927–33),[1] professor of philosophy at Queen's College, Benares[2] and a writer on Indian philosophy.[3][4][5]

His son, John Niel Randle, was posthumously awarded a Victoria Cross for valour at the Battle of Kohima in 1944.[6]

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  1. [1]
    India Office Library & Records Report 1 Apr. 1972 to 31 December 1973, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 1972, pg 5
  2. [2]
    British Universities Encyclopaedia, Athenaeum Press, 1940, pg 151
  3. [3]
    Fragments from Dinnaga, Herbert Niel Randle, Motilal Banarsidass Indological Publishers, Booksellers & Exporters, 1981
  4. [4]
    A Source Book in Indian Philosophy, ed. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan & Charles A. Moore, Princeton University Press, 2014, pg 660
  5. [5]
    Burrow, T. (1974) Herbert Niel Randle 1880-1973, Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol.60, 431-46.
  6. [6]
    "No. 36833". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 December 1944. p. 5673.
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