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Sir '''Herbert Hope Risley''' [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]], [[Order of the Star of India|CSI]] ([[4 January]] [[1851]]-[[30 September]] [[1911]]) was a British [[ethnography|ethnographer]] and colonial administrator who did extensive work on the classification of the various [[castes]] in [[India]] during the "landmark" [[census]] of 1901.<ref>{{cite book |
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Risley was born at [[Akeley, Buckinghamshire|Akeley]] in [[Buckinghamshire]]. He was educated at [[Winchester College]] and [[New College, Oxford|New College]], [[Oxford University]], and entered the [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1873. He would hold several positions in his career, but his most important contributions were anthropological, a discipline he learned in office. |
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He was knighted into the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] in 1907, and was also made a Companion of the [[Order of the Star of India]]. In 1910 he was appointed secretary of the judicial department of the [[India Office]]. The same year he became President of the [[Royal Anthropological Institute]]. |
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He died at [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]]. |
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Sir Herbert Hope Risley KCIE, CSI (4 January 1851-30 September 1911) was a British ethnographer and colonial administrator who did extensive work on the classification of the various castes in India during the "landmark" census of 1901.[1] Risley was influential in the 20th century resuscitation of the hierarchical varna system as a structure for social order in India. According to Lloyd I. Rudolph, Risley believed that the varna, however ancient, could be applied to all the modern castes found in India, and "meant to identify and place several hundred million Indians within it."[2]
Risley was born at Akeley in Buckinghamshire. He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford University, and entered the Indian Civil Service in 1873. He would hold several positions in his career, but his most important contributions were anthropological, a discipline he learned in office.
He was knighted into the Order of the Indian Empire in 1907, and was also made a Companion of the Order of the Star of India. In 1910 he was appointed secretary of the judicial department of the India Office. The same year he became President of the Royal Anthropological Institute.
He died at Wimbledon.
References
- ^ Ashok Kumar (2001). 2001 Census as Social Document. Anmol Publications PVT LTD."The first systematic study of the classification of Indian races was undertaken by Sir Herbert Risley in 1901. In spite of its many lacunae it was regarded as a landmark in the study of the people of India."
- ^ Lloyd I. Rudolph (1984). The Modernity of Tradition: Political Development in India. Susan Hoeber Rudolph. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0226731375.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
