Jun 21, 2007
Historian Knighted
Christopher Bayly, the Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History, Fellow of St Catharine's College, Director of the Centre of South Asian Studies at the University of Cambridge, author of several books including the seminal Empire and Information: Intelligence gathering and social communication in India 1780-1870 (1996), is now a Knight Bachelor for services to History[pdf].
In his comments he stated:"I regard this not only as a great personal honour but, as an historian of India, as recognition of the growing importance of the history of the non-western world."
Hear, hear!
David Starkey, the"doyen of TV history" was also recognized for his services to History with a C.B.E and Terence John Wyke for his services to higher education and to local history gets a M.B.E.
In his comments he stated:"I regard this not only as a great personal honour but, as an historian of India, as recognition of the growing importance of the history of the non-western world."
Hear, hear!
David Starkey, the"doyen of TV history" was also recognized for his services to History with a C.B.E and Terence John Wyke for his services to higher education and to local history gets a M.B.E.