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Christopher Alan Bayly

British historian (1945-2015) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 69

Sir Christopher Alan Bayly, FBA, FRSL was a British historian specialising in British Imperial, Indian and global history. From 1992 to 2013, he was Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge.

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Awards

Toynbee Prize2016
Wolfson History Prize2005
Fellow of the British Academy
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Knight Bachelor

About this person

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1945 to 2015 · aged 69