Ralph Russell

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Ralph Russell

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Why Is Ralph Russell Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Ralph Russell SI was a British scholar of Urdu literature and a Communist. Biography Russell was born in Hammerton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and grew up in Loughton, Essex. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, where he read classics and geography, graduating in 1940 with an ordinary degree. He learnt Urdu while serving in India on attachment to the Indian Army during World War II, achieving "considerable fluency at the level of everyday communication with my sepoys." During the war he had "no opportunity of making the acquaintance of Urdu literature", but following demobilisation he was awarded a scholarship to study at the School of Oriental and African Studies , University of London, where he took a degree in Urdu in 1949.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Ralph Russell?

Ralph Russell is affiliated with the following schools:

• SOAS University of London