William Christopher Wordsworth
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William Christopher Wordsworth CIE
(1878 – 12 December 1950) was a British academic and journalist in India.
. In 1905, he was appointed as a lecturer at St John's College, Battersea (a predecessor institution of University College Plymouth St Mark & St John) , before joining the Indian Educational Service in 1907. He was Professor of Political Economy at the Presidency College
, Calcutta and then became Assistant Director of Public Instruction for Bengal
before returning to the Presidency College as Principal in 1915. In 1917, he became Director of Public Instruction. After his retirement, he joined The Statesman
, becoming assistant editor and also acting as the Calcutta correspondent for The Times
. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire
. Wordsworth died at Alkham
, near Dover
, Kent
on 12 December 1950, not long after returning to Britain.
Order of the Indian Empire
The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1878. The Order includes members of three classes:#Knight Grand Commander #Knight Commander #Companion...
(1878 – 12 December 1950) was a British academic and journalist in India.
Life
Wordsworth was educated at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and Jesus College, OxfordJesus College, Oxford
Jesus College is one of the colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship Street, Cornmarket Street and Market Street...
. In 1905, he was appointed as a lecturer at St John's College, Battersea (a predecessor institution of University College Plymouth St Mark & St John) , before joining the Indian Educational Service in 1907. He was Professor of Political Economy at the Presidency College
Presidency College, Kolkata
Presidency University, Kolkata, formerly Hindu College and Presidency College, is a unitary, state aided university, located in Kolkata, West Bengal. and one of the premier institutes of learning of liberal arts and sciences in India. In 2002 it was ranked number one by the weekly news magazine...
, Calcutta and then became Assistant Director of Public Instruction for Bengal
Bengal
Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...
before returning to the Presidency College as Principal in 1915. In 1917, he became Director of Public Instruction. After his retirement, he joined The Statesman
The Statesman
The Statesman is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper founded in 1875 and published simultaneously in Kolkata, New Delhi, Siliguri and Bhubaneswar. The Statesman is owned by The Statesman Ltd., its headquarters at Statesman House, Chowringhee Square, Calcutta and its national...
, becoming assistant editor and also acting as the Calcutta correspondent for The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire
Order of the Indian Empire
The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1878. The Order includes members of three classes:#Knight Grand Commander #Knight Commander #Companion...
. Wordsworth died at Alkham
Alkham
Alkham is a village and civil parish in the Dover district of Kent, England, about five miles west of Dover, on the B2060 secondary road. Within the parish are the settlements of Chalksole and Ewell Minnis; the parish population was 691 people...
, near Dover
Dover
Dover is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England. It faces France across the narrowest part of the English Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury; east of Kent's administrative capital Maidstone; and north-east along the coastline from Dungeness and Hastings...
, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
on 12 December 1950, not long after returning to Britain.