Alfred Woodley Croft

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Alfred Woodley Croft
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Born(1841-02-07)7 February 1841
Plymouth, Devon, England
Died29 October 1925(1925-10-29) (aged 84)
Tavistock, Devon, England
NationalityUnited Kingdom
OccupationColonial administrator

Sir Alfred Woodley Croft KCIE (7 February 1841 – 29 October 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 in Compton Gifford, he was the son of Charles and Charlotte Croft. He was educated at the . He graduated BA in philosophy from the Exeter College, Oxford in 1863 and an MA in 1871. He went to Calcutta to join the 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 to 1896.[2] In 1897, the University awarded him with an honorary doctorate 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 in Tavistock on 29 October 1925.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Florence Nightingale (2005). Florence Nightingale on Women, Medicine, Midwifery and Prostitution. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-88920-466-9.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Clive Whitehead (2003). Colonial Educators: The British Indian and Colonial Education Service 1858-1983. I.B.Tauris. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-86064-864-9.
  3. ^ "Jubilee Honours For India." The Times [London, England] 16 February 1887: 12. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 Sept. 2013.
  4. ^ "Annual Convocation". University of Calcutta. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Sir A. W. Croft." The Times [London, England] 31 October 1925: 14. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 Sept. 2013.

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