Philip Mason
This article is about the English civil servant and writer. For the American archivist, see Philip P. Mason. For the American scientist and atheism activist, see Phil Mason.
Philip Mason OBE CIE (19 March 1906 – 25 January 1999) was an English civil servant and author who is most known for his two-volume book on the British Raj, The Men Who Ruled India (written under the pseudonym Philip Woodruff).
Mason was the first director of the Institute of Race Relations and was educated at Sedbergh School and Balliol College, Oxford.
In 1978 he published an autobiography: A Shaft of Sunlight: memories of a varied life (Deutsch, ISBN 0233969551).
Further reading
- Short Biography
- Biography
- Books / Writings
- Tinker, Hugh (3 February 1999). "Last witness to the Raj". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 October 2012. Obituary
- Olive, Roland (2 February 1999). "Obituary: Philip Mason". The Independent. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
- "Philip Mason: obituary". Daily Telegraph. 29 January 1999. Retrieved 1 October 2012. Transcribed copy at Rootsweb
- Documents about the History of the Institue of Race Relations written by Philip Mason can be found at the Borthwick Institute, University of York
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