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'''William Christopher Wordsworth''' [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]] (1878 &ndash; 12 December 1950) was a British academic and journalist in India.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Wordsworth was educated at the [[University College of Wales, Aberystwyth]] and [[Jesus College, Oxford]]. In 1905, he was appointed as a lecturer at St John's College, Battersea (a predecessor institution of [[University College Plymouth St Mark & St John]]), before joining the Indian Educational Service in 1907. He was Professor of Political Economy at the [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]], [[Calcutta]] and then became Assistant Director of Public Instruction for [[Bengal]] before returning to the Presidency College as Principal in 1915. In 1917, he became Director of Public Instruction. After his retirement, he joined ''[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]'', becoming assistant editor and also acting as the Calcutta correspondent for ''[[The Times]]''. He was appointed a [[Order of the Indian Empire|Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]]. Wordsworth died at [[Alkham]], near [[Dover]], [[Kent]] on 12 December 1950, not long after returning to Britain.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The Times]]|date=14 December 1950|title= Mr. W. C. Wordsworth|page=8}}</ref><br />
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