Sam Dalrymple | |
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| Born | February 1997 (age 29)[1] |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Occupation | Historian, author, film-maker, peace activist, social media influencer |
Notable work | Shattered Lands |
| Movement | Project Dastaan |
| Parents |
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Samuel Hew Tantallon Dalrymple (born February 1997)[1][2] is a Scottish historian, author, film-maker, activist, and social media influencer.[3][4]
Early life and education[edit | edit source]
Dalrymple was born to public historian William Dalrymple and artist Olivia Fraser.[5] His paternal grandfather was Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, 10th Baronet of North Berwick,[2] and his paternal grandmother was a daughter of Walter Keppel, 9th Earl of Albemarle.[6] His father is a great nephew of Virginia Woolf and a cousin of writer Alice Albinia.[7][8]
Dalrymple graduated as a Sanskrit and Persian scholar from the University of Oxford.[3][9]
Career[edit | edit source]
Dalrymple along with Sparsh Ahuja and Saadia Gardezi founded Project Dastaan, a peace-building initiative that reconnects refugees displaced by the partition of India.[10]
Dalrymple's first film, Child of Empire, was a VR docudrama detailing the horrors of forced migration and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2022.[3][11] His animated anthology "Lost Migrations" was a sell-out at the British Film Institute.[3][12]
Dalrymple's book, Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia, was published in 2025 by HarperCollins.[13][14] It has been received positively.[15][16]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Company information". gov.uk. HM Government. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Morris, Susan; Bosberry-Scott, Wendy; Belfield, Gervase, eds. (2019). "Hamilton-Dalrymple (NS) 1698, of North Berwick, Haddingtonshire". Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Vol. 2 (150th ed.). London: Debrett's Ltd. pp. 4325–4327. ISBN 978-1-999767-0-5-1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Habib, Waquar (2023-08-30). "Samuel Dalrymple On Showcasing The Partition With Sensitivity". Outlook Traveller. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ↑ Nanisetti, Serish (2023-01-28). "How young Instagrammers in India are using social media to give history context". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ↑ "FarmHouses in Delhi - William Dalrymple Opens the doors to his Delhi Farmhouse | AD India". Architectural Digest India. 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ↑ "Obituary: Anne-Louise Mary Hamilton-Dalrymple, Lord Lieutenant's wife who was patron and supporter of many charities". The Scotsman.
- ↑ "Kolkata, my ancestors, and me". BBC News. 2016-10-22. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ↑ Maclean, Rory (2008-12-04). "Travel books of the year". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ↑ Dalrymple, Sam (2018-06-08). "Opinion | Couchsurfing With the Taliban". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
- ↑ Gangopadhyay, Uttara. "Border Crossings: Reuniting 1947 Partition Migrants With Their Homelands". Outlook India.
- ↑ Khan, Arman (2022-01-28). "Flashback 75: Partition in virtual reality in 'Child of Empire'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ↑ Nainar, Nahla (2022-08-13). "'Lost Migrations': Using animation to find a place called home". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ↑ "Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia". HarperCollins. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ↑ "How William Dalrymple's son, Sam Dalrymple, is changing the way you look at history with his new book". Mid-day. 2025-03-30. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
- ↑ Sanzagiri, Nishad (2025-07-01). "Shattered Lands by Sam Dalrymple review – the many partitions of southern Asia". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
- ↑ "Retracing the map | Sam Dalrymple's 'Shattered Lands'". India Today. 2025-07-25. Retrieved 2025-07-27.