Author: Conrad Wood

Born at York, England, 21 February 1942; lived in Kingston-upon-Hull 1946-1965; in India November 1974-May 1975.
Education at Universities of Cambridge ( St Catharine's), Hull, and London ( School of African and Asian Studies) 1960-1975 period. Worked teaching in English secondary schools, 1964-1978 period; at Imperial War Museum, London, 1979-2002. Doctoral thesis, London University Senate House ( 1975). Retired 2002. Living in Surrey, England. Articles, reviews etc appeared in Modern Asian Studies, Journal of Indian History ( Trivandrum), Journal of Asian Studies, Social Scientist ( Trivandrum), book The Imperial Impact ed Clive Dewey ( Athlone Press), Morning Star daily ( London), Oral History journal 1998, Journal of Kerala Studies (Trivandrum) 1975, book Britain, Fascism and the Popular Front ed by Jim Fyrth 1985 Lawrence and Wishart, and elsewhere.
Member of the Communist Party of Great Britain 1959-1985