Peter W. Fay

Peter Ward Fay (3 December 1924 – 18 January 2004) was an American historian and authority on India and China. He was a professor at the California Institute of Technology from 1955 until his retirement in 1997.

Professor Fay received his bachelor's degree from

and then returned to Harvard for his PhD, which he received in 1954. After a brief period teaching at Williams College, he came to Caltech, where he remained for the rest of his career. At Caltech, Fay taught a variety of courses in European history and also developed an interest in Asia, especially India and China.

Among his books were the award-winning The Opium War, 1840-1842 (1975) and The Forgotten Army: India's Armed Struggle for Independence, 1942-1945 (1993) written on the

's history and helped him form his interest in Indian history.

Books

• The Forgotten Army: India's Armed Struggle for Independence, 1942-1945, 1993,
  ISBN 81-7167-356-2
• The Opium War, 1840-1842, 1975,
  ISBN 0-8078-1243-9

External links

• "Peter W. Fay". caltech.edu. Archived from the original on 28 April 2005. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
• Caltech Archives on Peter Fay