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Christopher J. Miller was an English academic, professor and scholar. He served as the third English headmaster of
The Doon School The Doon School (informally Doon School or Doon) is a Selective school, selective all-boys Private school, private boarding school in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, which was established in 1935. It was envisioned by Satish Ranjan Das, a lawyer ...
, India from 1966 till 1970 and the last English one before the appointment of Matthew Raggett in 2016. He had an MA from
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. During his tenure at Doon, his protégés included:
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''Chhota Hazri Days: A Dosco's Yatra''
by Sanjiv Bathla, Rupa & Co., 2010 . *
''For Hills To Climb''
by Gurdial Singh and Nalni Dhar, The Doon School Old Boys' Society, 2001.
''An Indian Englishman''
by Jack Gibson,
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, 2008,
''Doon, The Story of a School''
IPSS (1985) edited by Sumer Singh, published by the Indian Public Schools Society 1985.
''Constructing Post-Colonial India: National Character and the Doon School''
by Sanjay Srivastva, published by
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1998 . {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, C. J. 1916 births Headmasters of The Doon School Year of death missing English expatriates in India