H. H. Dodwell

Henry Herbert Dodwell M.A. (1879[1]- 30 October 1946[2]) was Professor of History and Culture of the British Dominions in Asia at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) from 1922-1946. He was the first holder of that chair.

For the Anglo-Irish scholar, theologian and writer, see Henry Dodwell.

Dodwell was educated at Thame Grammar School, then at St. John's College, University of Oxford. In 1908 he married Lily May, daughter of Henry Mason. They had four children. Dodwell entered the Indian Education Service in 1908 and was there until 1922,[3] just before the service began to be dismantled. After his return to Britain, Dodwell edited two volumes of The Cambridge History of India. He died in Dover, 30 October 1946.[2]

A small amount of papers relating to Dodwell, donated in 1989, are held in the SOAS archive.[1]

Selected publications

• A sketch of the history of India from 1858-1918. Longmans Green & Co., 1925.
• The Cambridge History of India Vol. V British India, 1497-1858. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1929. (Editor) (doubles as Vol. IV of The Cambridge History of the British Empire)
• The founder of modern Egypt: A study of Muhamad 'Ali. Cambridge, University Press, 1931.
• The Cambridge History of India Vol. VI The Indian Empire, 1858-1918. With chapters on the development of administration, 1818-1858. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1932. (Editor) (doubles as Vol. V of The Cambridge History of the British Empire)
• The Cambridge shorter history of India. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1934. (Editor)

The papers of H. H. Dodwell including illustrations and letters relating to India are held by SOAS Archives.

References

1. Dodwell, Henry Herbert AIM25: Archives in London and the M25 area, 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014. Archived here.
2. "Deaths" in The Times, 1 November 1946, p. 1.
3. "Prof. H. H. Dodwell" in The Times, 31 October 1946, p. 7.