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- 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. Throughout his tenure as Principal, however, he continued to serve as a lecturer in English to all three years of the undergraduate honours programme. In 1996 he was appointed Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Himachal Pradesh University where he also officiated as the Vice Chancellor, but before he could complete his term there he was recalled by St. Stephen's College. In 2002 he founded Mathematical Sciences Foundation, Delhi, and was its Founder Chairman. He was later appointed as regular vice chancellor of Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla in 2007. He continued in this position until January 2008, when he had to quit on account of his failing health. (en)
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- 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 dis (en)
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