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Kenneth A. Ballhatchet

Kenneth A. Ballhatchet

British historian (1922–1995)


Kenneth A. Ballhatchet (1922–1995) was a British historian and university professor.

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Biography

He was born in Bristol on 29 November 1922.[1]

He was educated at Clifton College, Bristol.[1] He graduated from Peterhouse, University of Cambridge.[1]

Ballhatchet was appointed lecturer in history at SOAS in 1948, leaving there to take up a readership at the University of Oxford. He returned to SOAS as Professor of the History of South Asian in 1965, retiring in 1988.[1] He is also listed as a contributor to the Encyclopedia Britannica and the article on James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie was largely written by him.[2]

He died on 13 March 1995.[1] After his death a Festschrift was published in his honour by Peter Robb.[1]

Bibliography

His notable books include:[3][4]

  • Race, sex, and class under the Raj : imperial attitudes and policies and their critics, 1793-1905
  • Social policy and social change in western India, 1817-1830
  • The City in South Asia : pre-modern and modern
  • Society and ideology : essays in South Asian history
  • Class, caste and Catholicism in India 1789-1914
  • Changing South Asia

References

  1. "Kenneth A. Ballhatchet". Encyclopedia Britannica.
  2. "Ballhatchet, Kenneth". WorldCat. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

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