David Rogers

Research Topic: Faith, then freedom; Christian advocacy for an Indian ideology, 1904-64

Supervisor: Dr Yasmin Khan

I completed my qualifying medical degree at Oxford (Merton College), and took the Oxford degree of Doctor of Medicine with a thesis on 'The Spleen in Sickle Cell Anaemia in Early Childhood', based on clinical research in Jamaica. After retirement from medicine, I began the formal study of history with the Department of Continuing Education's on-line course on Elizabeth I, proceeding to the Department's Certificate in Historical Studies with a dissertation on James William Massie (an early Scottish missionary to India), and to the MSt with a dissertation on the support of three former missionaries (Charles Andrews, Edward Thompson, Verrier Elwin) for Nehru's vision for India.