Herbert Niel Randle

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.^[6]

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. Burrow, T. (1974) Herbert Niel Randle 1880-1973, Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol.60, 431-46.
6. "No. 36833". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 December 1944. p. 5673.