Philip Hartog

CIE
CIE
Born	2 March 1864; London, England
Died	27 June 1947 (aged 83); London, England
Alma mater	University of Paris; University of Heidelberg;
Occupation(s)	chemist, educationist
Spouse	Mabel Hélène (m. 1915)
Parent	Alfonse Hartog (father);
Relatives	Héléna Arsène Darmesteter (sister); Numa Edward Hartog (brother); Marcus Hartog (brother);

Sir Philip Joseph Hartog

educationalist

who undertook this role in England and India.

Early life and education

Hartog was born in London on 2 March 1864,

Victoria University he was an assistant lecturer in chemistry. It seemed at that time that this branch of science would claim him.^[3]

Career

At Manchester, however, he was being drawn to university administration. He was secretary to the Victoria University Extension Scheme, a member of the Court, and in 1902–03 secretary to the

School of Oriental Studies, to which the name "African" was added later. His keen and helpful interest was maintained until his last working days.^[3]

Hartog was a member of the commission under the late Sir

Calcutta was shorn of a part of its vast jurisdiction by the creation in 1920 of the University of Dhaka as a residential teaching foundation and Hartog was made its first vice-chancellor. Both at Dhaka and later in their Kensington home he had the cooperation of his wife Mabel Hélène, daughter of Mr. H. J. Kisch (they were married in 1915, and three sons ensued).^[3]

On the creation of the

Indian Statutory Commission was set up in 1928 under Sir John (later Lord) Simon, Hartog was appointed chairman of the Auxiliary Committee on Education. The report greatly assisted the presentation of facts and conclusions of the main body and is the most authoritative survey of the subject of our time. Hartog received the honours of the Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire and Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in the year of his retirement in reward for his services.^[3]

Activism

On settling in London Hartog devoted much time and thought to the place of examinations in the education system. As early as 1911, and again in 1918, he had written treatises on examinations in their bearing on national efficiency and on culture and general efficiency. He was the dominant figure in an inquiry on an international scale undertaken in 1932. This resulted in the issue in 1935 of An Examination of Examinations. In this exposure of haphazard methods and plans for reform, he had the collaboration of Dr.

Ministry of Labour and National Service before the outbreak of war in 1939 of a Linguistic Committee of the Appointments Registry, and he was its first chairman. In 1933 Hartog wrote, under the authority of the London Institute of Education his valuable study, "Some Aspects of Indian Education, Past, and Present." He continued his activities well into his ninth decade, and one of the last of his books, "Words in Action," was published in 1945.^[3]

Amid all these labours Hartog was through life a keen helper of his own community. At the end of 1933, he went to Palestine as chairman of the Committee of Inquiry on the organisation of the Hebrew University, and subsequently, he was president of the Friends in Britain of the university. He did much other work for the Jewish People.^[3]

In his obituary it states, "Few educationists still working as did in octogenarian years could look back on so varied, strenuous, and fruitful a career as his. He left an enduring mark on educational thought and practice, not only in India but in this county and the Dominions." Sir Philip Hartog, died at a nursing home in London at the age of 83.^[3]

References

^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 2 December 2008.
^ Hartog, P. J., ed. (1900). The Owens College, Manchester : A brief history of the college and description of its various departments. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Sir Philip Hartog, a Great Educationist (transcription)". The Times. London. 28 June 1947. p. 6; col F. Retrieved 2 December 2008.

[1] "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 2 December 2008.

[2] Hartog, P. J., ed. (1900). The Owens College, Manchester : A brief history of the college and description of its various departments. Retrieved 15 November 2016.

[obit-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Sir Philip Hartog, a Great Educationist (transcription)". The Times. London. 28 June 1947. p. 6; col F. Retrieved 2 December 2008.

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