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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''James Alexander Richey''' [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]] (8 March 1874 &ndash; 24 October 1931) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] educational administrator in [[South Africa]] and [[India]].<br />
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The son of [[James Bellett Richey|Sir James Bellet Richey]], an administrator in [[Bombay Presidency|Bombay]], he was educated at [[Elstree School]], [[Rugby School]] and [[Balliol College, Oxford]], where he read [[Classics]]. His first post was as a lecturer at the [[Diocesan College]], [[Rondebosch]], [[Cape Colony]]. In 1902 he transferred to the [[Transvaal Colony|Transvaal]] Education Department.<br />
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In 1908 he was posted to the [[Indian Education Service]], where he remained for the rest of his career. He served as an Inspector of Schools and Assistant Director of Public Instruction in [[Eastern Bengal and Assam]], alongside [[Richard Ramsbotham]], until he was appointed Director of Public Instruction of the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|North-West Frontier Province]] in 1911. In 1917 he was transferred to the same post in the [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]]. In 1920, he was appointed Educational Commissioner of the Government of India. In these posts he introduced many educational reforms designed to increase literacy among the Indian peasantry. He retired in 1929.<br />
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He was appointed [[Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]] (CIE) in the 1920 New Year Honours.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=31712 |date=30 December 1919 |page=5 |supp=y}}</ref><br />
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Richey had suffered from ill-health since his youth and died at the age of 57 after an illness of a few months.<br />
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==Footnotes==<br />
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==References==<br />
*Obituaries, ''[[The Times]]'', 28, 29 & 31 October 1931<br />
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