~ Sri Raghavan Iyer ~
MEMORIAL LIBRARY
(transcript of Biographical Notes signed by Mr. Crosbie, Los Angeles, CA March 24, )
I was born into the present physical body on January 10th, in the city of Montreal, Canada. My parents were both Scotch; they met and married in Canada, my father having been connected with the Hudson Bay Company for many years, traveling from Post to Post, and my mother being companion to Lady Simpson the wife of the Governor of the Hudson Bay Company. In the early days the family was brought up in the Presbyterian faith, and I have a distinct recollection of the gloom of the "Sabbaths", and the horrible incubus of the doctrines inculcated. Later, my father asserted a more rational view of religion, as also did my mother, although nominally retaining their connection with the church. My mother being of Highland blood, had the characteristics of that people, among them that known as "second sight" (i.e. clairvoyance); she made no attempt to use this faculty, but showed instances of its possession on important occasions affecting the well-being of her people. What is termed the "religious instinct" was strong in her, and her
Biographical Sketch
Publications
- March 10, (Madras, India)
- June 20, (Santa Barbara, CA, USA)
- Dr. Antonio Da Silva High School, Bombay,
- St. James College, Calcutta,
- St. Bede's High School, Madras,
- Dr. Antonio Da Silva High School, Bombay,
- Elphinstone College, Bombay,
- School of Economics & Sociology, University of Bombay,
- Magdalen College, Oxford,
- Nuffield College, Oxford,
- Intermediate Arts, University of Bombay, (First Class First)
- B.A. (Economics), University of Bombay, (First Class First)
- B.A. (Philosophy, Politics & Economics), University of Oxford, (First Class Honours)
- M.A., University of Oxford,
- , University of Oxford,
- Fellow & Lecturer in Politics, Elphinstone College, Bombay,
- Director, Indian Institute of World Culture, Bangalore,
- Associate Editor, The Aryan Path, Bombay,
- Chief Research Officer to the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of India, New Delhi,
- Fellow and Lecture
Curriculum Vitae
Publications[The following biographical note was approved by Sri Iyer himself shortly before his death in It was slightly edited shortly after his death by one of his life-long students.]
Raghavan Narasimhan Iyer was born in Madras, India on March 10, , the son of Narasimhan Iyer and Lakshmi Iyer. He was educated at the Universities of Bombay and Oxford. At Bombay he received first class honors in Economics and won a variety of commendations and prizes, including the Chancellor's Medal. At the age of 18 he became the youngest lecturer in the University of Bombay, at Elphinstone College. After being awarded his master's degree in Advanced Economics in Bombay, he was sent as the sole Rhodes Scholar for India for to Magdalen College, Oxford. He secured First Class Honors in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and later received the D. Phil. Degree in moral and political philosophy. While a student at Oxford, he was elected President of the Oxford Union, the Voltaire Society, the Oxford Majlis, the Oxford University Peace Association, the Oxford Social Studies Association and several other societies.
On returning to India, he ser
The Moral And Political Thought Of Mahatma Gandhi
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