Christopher Bayly (1945-2015)

By Paul Lay < History Today, posted 13th May 2015

Paul Lay offers a few words on the eminent historian, who died in April.

The sudden, unexpected death last month of the distinguished historian Christopher Bayly, one of the pioneers of global history and a remarkable scholar of India in particular, came as a tremendous shock to those many who knew him, indeed anyone who had admired and absorbed his innovative, brilliant works.