Syed Anwar Husain
Bangladeshi historian
Syed Anwar Husain (Bengali: সৈয়দ আনোয়ার হোসেন; 5 November 1947) is a Bangladeshi academic and historian. He is a former director general of the Bangla Academy. He is the president of the Bangladesh Itihas Samiti.
Early life and education
Husain was born on 5 November 1947 to a Bengali Muslim family of Syeds from the Bogra District in Rajshahi Division, Dominion of Pakistan. He has a bachelor's and master's from the University of Dhaka. He also has a master's in international history from the University of Edinburgh. He completed his PhD from University of London in British administrative history. He studied at the University of California, Berkeley on a Fulbright scholarship.
Career
Husain joined the University of Dhaka in 1970 as a lecturer in the Department of History. He was promoted to professor in 1985.
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