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'''Radha Krishna Sinha''' (1 January 1917 – 27 August 2003) was an Indian scholar of [[English literature]]. He came from a family of elite intellectuals and academics.<ref name="Sinha 2007">{{cite book
| first = Sunita
| last = Sinha
| title = Graham Greene: A Study of His Major Novels
| publisher = Atlantic Publishers & Distributors
| location = 6A, Shahpur Jat, New Delhi-110049, India
| year = 2007
| isbn = 978-81-269-0876-9
}}</ref> He was a [[Doctor of Philosophy|DPhil]] from the [[University of Oxford]] and the head of the Department of English, [[Patna University]].<ref name="Sinha 2007"/> All his children and grandchildren teach [[English Literature]].<ref name="Sinha 2007"/>

==Biography==

Sinha was born in an affluent family on 1 January 1917 at Maheshpur in the district of [[Munger]] in [[Bihar]].<ref name="Sinha 2005">{{cite book
| first = Radha Krishna
| last = Sinha
| title = An Epitome of English Literature ; A Commemorative Volume in Honour of Dr. R.K. Sinha (A Festschrift)
| publisher = Srishti Publishers & Distributors
| year = 2005
| isbn = 978-81-88575-58-9
}}</ref> He was a gold medallist at his university for his Master of Arts (English) degree and obtained a DPhil from the [[University of Oxford]] in 1950, he had been teaching at the [[University of Patna]] from 7 July 1938 to 31 January 1979, the topic of his research was ''Literary Influences on [[D H Lawrence]]''.<ref name="Sinha 2005"/> His guide was [[Lord David Cecil]], an authority on Victorian novels.<ref name="Sinha 2005"/> Sinha did research from October 1946 to December 1949 under his supervision.<ref name="Sinha 2005"/>

==Obituaries==
* [[A P J Abdul Kalam]], [[Rashtrapati Bhawan]], [[New Delhi]] ''R K Sinha was an eminent and outstanding English Professor of Patna University.''<ref name="Sinha 2005"/>
* Lt General [[S K Sinha]], [[Governor of Jammu and Kashmir]], ''I had the privilege of being taught by R K Sinha, he commanded respect, by his sincerity, depth of knowledge and teaching ability, he became a colossus, in English literature.''<ref name="Sinha 2005"/>
* [[Dinesh Nandan Sahay]], [[Governor of Tripura]], ''Dr Sinha, whose student I had been a legend in his lifetime, a versatile Professor of English of the Patna University, was a living encyclopaedia of English literature and an ocean of knowledge.''<ref name="Sinha 2005"/>
* [[Kailashpati Mishra]], [[Governor of Gujarat]], ''The noteworthy academic contribution of the late Dr R K Sinha, would long be remembered.''<ref name="Sinha 2005"/>
* [[Alison Richard]], The [[Vice Chancellor]], [[University of Cambridge]], ''Dr Sinha served his country, his University, and scholarship with great distinction and imbued generations of students with love of the English language and its literature.''<ref name="Sinha 2005"/>
* [[Randolph Quirk]], Former Vice-Chancellor [[University of London]], ''It, commemorative volume is a thoroughly worthy objective, for the eminent Professor R K Sinha.''<ref name="Sinha 2005"/>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*Radha Krishna Sinha, ''An Epitome of English Literature ; A Commemorative Volume in Honour of Dr. R.K. Sinha (A Festschrift)'', Srishti Publishers & Distributors (2005) (Paperback).
*Radha Krishna Sinha, Rāmacandra Prasāda, Awadhesh Kumar Sharma, ''Modern studies and other essays: in honour of Dr. R.K. Sinha'', Vikas Pub. House, 1987.

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