Anil Wilson
Indian educationalist (1947-2009)
Anil Wilson (21 October 1947 – 25 June 2009) was an Indian educationist who served as Principal of St. Stephen's College, Delhi from 1991 to 2007.
Anil Wilson's father, M. M. Wilson, was a school Headmaster in Gorton Mission School Kotgarh, and worked as a teacher of English and House Master at Bishop Cotton School in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. Anil Wilson was educated by the Irish Christian Brothers at St. Edward's School, Shimla He graduated from Panjab University, later earning a master's degree in English Literature from the Centre for Post Graduate Studies, Shimla. He was selected by the Public Service Commission to work as a lecturer in Colleges in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. During his early years as lecturer he went on to obtain his M.Phil and his Ph.D. He was awarded Ph.D. on his dissertation on the nobel laureate, Isaac Bashevis Singer's fiction titled "The Art and Vision of Isaac Bashevis Singer: An Interpretation".
In January 1991 he was selected to head St. Stephen's College, Delhi. Wilson was the eleventh Principal of the prestigious institute and the first to have been appointed without prior teaching experience at the same college.
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