Herbert Niel Randle Explained

Herbert Niel Randle C.I.E. F.B.A. (1880 - 1973), commonly known as "H. N. Randle", was the librarian of the India Office Library (1933 - 49; assistant librarian 1927 - 33),^[1] professor of philosophy at Queen's College, Benares^[2] and a writer on Indian philosophy.^{[3] [4] [5]}

His son, John Niel Randle, was posthumously awarded a Victoria Cross for valour at the Battle of Kohima in 1944.

Notes and References

1. India Office Library & Records Report 1 Apr. 1972 to 31 December 1973, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 1972, pg 5
2. British Universities Encyclopaedia, Athenaeum Press, 1940, pg 151
3. Fragments from Dinnaga, Herbert Niel Randle, Motilal Banarsidass Indological Publishers, Booksellers & Exporters, 1981
4. A Source Book in Indian Philosophy, ed. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan & Charles A. Moore, Princeton University Press, 2014, pg 660
5. [Thomas Burrow|Burrow, T.]