Dennis Kincaid
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Dennis Kincaid was a civil servant in British India, a novelist and the author of British social life in India, 1608-1937, a classic account of the British in colonial India
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Dennis Charles Alexander Kincaid was born on 16 October 1905, the elder son of Charles Augustus Kincaid
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His father was a senior member of the Indian Civil Service, and was also a well-known novelist and historical writer.
His grandfather was Major-General William Kincaid, the Resident of Bhopal.
Kinkaid studied at Balliol College, Oxford
(1924–1927), then obtained a post with the Indian Civil Service.
He arrived in Bombay in 1928, where he was assigned work with the courts.
He wrote two novels about life in Indian.
His Cactus Land (1934) was an unusual story, breaking with the conventions of Indian novels of that period.
Kinkaid drowned on 10 June 1937 while swimming in a rough sea.
His work British social life in India, 1608-1937 was not quite complete at the time of his death, and was completed by his friend David Farrer.
His treatment of Anglo-Indians in this book has been criticized as being an "over-the-top caricature".
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Dennis Charles Alexander Kincaid was born on 16 October 1905, the elder son of Charles Augustus Kincaid
Charles Augustus Kincaid
C.A. Kincaid has co-authored with Dattatray Balwant Parasnis, the "History of the Maratha People" in three volumes. He was a high court judge in colonial India and a prolific author...
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His father was a senior member of the Indian Civil Service, and was also a well-known novelist and historical writer.
His grandfather was Major-General William Kincaid, the Resident of Bhopal.
Kinkaid studied at Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College , founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England but founded by a family with strong Scottish connections....
(1924–1927), then obtained a post with the Indian Civil Service.
He arrived in Bombay in 1928, where he was assigned work with the courts.
He wrote two novels about life in Indian.
His Cactus Land (1934) was an unusual story, breaking with the conventions of Indian novels of that period.
Kinkaid drowned on 10 June 1937 while swimming in a rough sea.
His work British social life in India, 1608-1937 was not quite complete at the time of his death, and was completed by his friend David Farrer.
His treatment of Anglo-Indians in this book has been criticized as being an "over-the-top caricature".