Anil Wilson, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Anil Wilson

Indian educationalist

Date of Birth: 21-Oct-1947

Date of Death: 25-Jun-2009

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Anil Wilson

  • 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 Bishop Cotton School Shimla.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.

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