Radha Krishna Sinha (1 January 1917 – 27 August 2003) was an Indian scholar of

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. He came from a family of elite intellectuals and academics. He was a

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from the

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and the head of the Department of English,

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. All his children and grandchildren teach

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Biography

Sinha was born in an affluent family on 1 January 1917 at Maheshpur in the district of

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. He was a gold medallist at his university for his Master of Arts (English) degree and obtained a DPhil from the

in 1950, he had been teaching at the University of Patna from 7 July 1938 to 31 January 1979, the topic of his research was ''Literary Influences on D H Lawrence''. His guide was

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, an authority on Victorian novels. Sinha did research from October 1946 to December 1949 under his supervision.

Obituaries

* A P J Abdul Kalam,

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''R K Sinha was an eminent and outstanding English Professor of Patna University.'' * Lt General S K Sinha,

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, ''I had the privilege of being taught by R K Sinha, he commanded respect, by his sincerity, depth of knowledge and teaching ability, he became a colossus, in English literature.'' *

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, Governor of Tripura, ''Dr Sinha, whose student I had been a legend in his lifetime, a versatile Professor of English of the Patna University, was a living encyclopaedia of English literature and an ocean of knowledge.'' *

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, ''The noteworthy academic contribution of the late Dr R K Sinha, would long be remembered.'' * Alison Richard, The

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, ''Dr Sinha served his country, his University, and scholarship with great distinction and imbued generations of students with love of the English language and its literature.'' *

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, Former Vice-Chancellor

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, ''It, commemorative volume is a thoroughly worthy objective, for the eminent Professor R K Sinha.''

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