Sir George Anderson CSI CIE (15 May 1876 – 15 May 1943) was a British schoolteacher and educational administrator who spent most of his career in

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. Anderson was educated at

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and

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, graduating in 1899 with honours in Modern History. He became an assistant master at a school in

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, but in 1903 joined the Transvaal Education Department. Transferring to India, he was successively Professor of History at

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, Assistant Secretary of the Indian Education Department, Secretary to the Calcutta University Commission, Director of Public Instruction of the

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(from 1920), and Educational Commissioner of the Government of India. He retired in 1936. He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in the 1920 New Year Honours, was

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in the

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, and appointed Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI) in 1932. Anderson wrote several books, including ''Expansion of India'', ''British Administration in India'' and ''Christian Education in India''.

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'', 17 May 1943 *'' Who Was Who'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, George 1876 births 1943 deaths People educated at Winchester College Alumni of University College, Oxford Schoolteachers from Sussex Indian Education Service officers Knights Bachelor Companions of the Order of the Star of India Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire British people in colonial India Educators in British India