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'''Sir Alfred Woodley Croft''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|KCIE}} (1841-1925)<ref name="Nightingale2005">{{cite book|author=Florence Nightingale|title=Florence Nightingale on Women, Medicine, Midwifery and Prostitution|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ofbCmnAZpsYC&pg=PA71|accessdate=18 September 2013|year=2005|publisher=Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press|isbn=978-0-88920-466-9|pages=71–}}</ref> was a [[United Kingdom|British]] educationist and administrator who spent most of his career in [[India]]. From 1877 until his retirement in 1897 he was Director of Public Instruction in [[Bengal]], and was appointed a [[Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]] (CIE) in November 1884. |
'''Sir Alfred Woodley Croft''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|KCIE}} (1841-1925)<ref name="Nightingale2005">{{cite book|author=Florence Nightingale|title=Florence Nightingale on Women, Medicine, Midwifery and Prostitution|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ofbCmnAZpsYC&pg=PA71|accessdate=18 September 2013|year=2005|publisher=Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press|isbn=978-0-88920-466-9|pages=71–}}</ref> was a [[United Kingdom|British]] educationist and administrator who spent most of his career in [[India]]. From 1877 until his retirement in 1897 he was Director of Public Instruction in [[Bengal]], and was appointed a [[Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]] (CIE) in November 1884. |
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Born on 7 February 1841 in Compton Gifford, Plymouth, Devon the son of Charles and Charlotte Croft. He was educated at the [[Mannamead School]]. He graduated BA in philosophy from the [[Exeter College, Oxford]] in 1863 and a MA in 1871. He went to [[Calcutta]] to join the [[Bengal Education Service]] in 1866 as a professor of philosophy to [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College]].<ref name="Whitehead2003">{{cite book|author=Clive Whitehead|title=Colonial Educators: The British Indian and Colonial Education Service 1858-1983|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=dij297KbFDAC&pg=PA23|accessdate=18 September 2013|year=2003|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1-86064-864-9|pages=23–}}</ref> |
Born on 7 February 1841 in Compton Gifford, Plymouth, Devon the son of Charles and Charlotte Croft. He was educated at the [[Mannamead School]]. He graduated BA in philosophy from the [[Exeter College, Oxford]] in 1863 and a MA in 1871. He went to [[Calcutta]] to join the [[Bengal Education Service]] in 1866 as a professor of philosophy to [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College]], then under the [[University of Calcutta]].<ref name="Whitehead2003">{{cite book|author=Clive Whitehead|title=Colonial Educators: The British Indian and Colonial Education Service 1858-1983|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=dij297KbFDAC&pg=PA23|accessdate=18 September 2013|year=2003|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1-86064-864-9|pages=23–}}</ref> |
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Previously Croft was appointed a [[Order of the Indian Empire|Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]] in 1887 he was raised to a knighthood as a Knight Commander of the order and was described as a Director of Public Instruction for Bengal.<ref> "Jubilee Honours For India." Times [London, England] 16 Feb. 1887: 12. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 Sept. 2013.</ref> |
Previously Croft was appointed a [[Order of the Indian Empire|Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]] in 1887 he was raised to a knighthood as a Knight Commander of the order and was described as a Director of Public Instruction for Bengal.<ref> "Jubilee Honours For India." Times [London, England] 16 Feb. 1887: 12. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 Sept. 2013.</ref> |
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Revision as of 12:47, 30 September 2013
Alfred Woodley Croft | |
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| Born | 7 February 1841 |
| Died | 29 October 1925 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Colonial administrator |
Sir Alfred Woodley Croft KCIE (1841-1925)[1] was a British educationist and administrator who spent most of his career in India. From 1877 until his retirement in 1897 he was Director of Public Instruction in Bengal, and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in November 1884.
Born on 7 February 1841 in Compton Gifford, Plymouth, Devon the son of Charles and Charlotte Croft. He was educated at the Mannamead School. He graduated BA in philosophy from the Exeter College, Oxford in 1863 and a MA in 1871. He went to Calcutta to join the Bengal Education Service in 1866 as a professor of philosophy to Presidency College, then under the University of Calcutta.[2]
Previously Croft was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1887 he was raised to a knighthood as a Knight Commander of the order and was described as a Director of Public Instruction for Bengal.[3]
He served as the vice chancellor of the University of Calcutta from 1893-1896.[2] In 1897, the University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Law degree on the occasion of his retirement.[4]
He was also a member of the Bengal Legislative Council from 1887 to 1892.[2]
Croft returned to England and never married, he died at Tavistock in Devon on 29 October 1925.[5]
References
- ^ Florence Nightingale (2005). Florence Nightingale on Women, Medicine, Midwifery and Prostitution. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. pp. 71–. ISBN 978-0-88920-466-9. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
- ^ a b c Clive Whitehead (2003). Colonial Educators: The British Indian and Colonial Education Service 1858-1983. I.B.Tauris. pp. 23–. ISBN 978-1-86064-864-9. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
- ^ "Jubilee Honours For India." Times [London, England] 16 Feb. 1887: 12. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 Sept. 2013.
- ^ "Annual Convocation". University of Calcutta.
- ^ "Sir A. W. Croft." Times [London, England] 31 Oct. 1925: 14. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 Sept. 2013.
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