MORRIS-JONES, Wyndraeth Humphreys (b 1918)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0101 ICS 126
Held at	: Institute of Commonwealth Studies   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/resources/library ›
Full title	: MORRIS-JONES, Wyndraeth Humphreys (b 1918)
Date(s)	: 1962-1986
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 2 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Jones | Wyndraeth Humphreys Morris- | b 1918 | political scientist
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Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Wyndraeth Humphreys Morris-Jones: b 1918; educated at University College School, Hampstead, London School of Economics (LSE) and Christ's College Cambridge; served Indian Army, 1941-1946, Lt Col Public Relations Directorate, 1944; Constitutional Adviser to Viceroy of India, 1947; Lecturer in Political Science, LSE, 1946-1955; Prof. of Political Theory and Institutions, University of Durham, 1955-1965; Prof. of Commonwealth Affairs and Director, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, 1966-1983; Editor, Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics (formerly Commonwealth Polit. Studies), 1964-1980.
Publications: Parliament in India, 1957; Government and Politics of India, 1964, 4th edn 1987; (with Biplab Dasgupta) Patterns and Trends in Indian Politics, 1976; Politics Mainly Indian, 1978

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Research notes and papers of Professor Wyndraeth Humphreys Morris-Jones on Jamaican politics, 1962-1986, including copies of official publications and press cuttings; also copy of the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, 1979.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

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Unsorted

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Archival Information

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Immediate source of acquisition:

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Source Who's Who. Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions:
General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G), 2nd Edition, 2000. National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Oct 2001