--- title: "4 Stanley Wolpert Quotes - Famous Historian (A new history of India)" description: "Stanley Albert Wolpert was an American historian, Indologist, and author. He wrote both fiction and non-fiction on the political and intellectual histor..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b031/author-stanley-wolpert-67230.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Stanley Wolpert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b031/author-stanley-wolpert-67230.jpg) # Stanley Wolpert (1927–2019) Historian United States **4** quotes in **34** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Stanley Wolpert was a historian from the United States, best known for *A new history of India*. ## Quick Facts About Stanley Wolpert Born December 23, 1927 Died February 19, 2019 Nationality United States Profession Historian Notable works A new history of India ## About Stanley Wolpert Stanley Albert Wolpert was an American historian, Indologist, and author. He wrote both fiction and non-fiction on the political and intellectual history of modern India and Pakistan. He taught at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), from 1959 to 2002. ## Quotes by Stanley Wolpert > [An excellent introduction to the rise and fall of the British Raj, accurate, succinct, and engaging.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-wolpert/an-excellent-introduction-to-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-british-raj/) [Stanley Wolpert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-wolpert/) [Accurate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accurate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/stanley-wolpert-67230_accurate_an-excellent-introduction-to-the-rise-an_104162.png) > [Few individuals significantly alter the course of history. Fewer still modify the map of the world. Hardly anyone can be credited with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-wolpert/few-individuals-significantly-alter-the-course-of-history-fewer-still/) [Stanley Wolpert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-wolpert/) [Creating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creating/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b03/stanley-wolpert-67230_creating_few-individuals-significantly-alter-the_1372174.jpg) > [The plan to carve up British India was never approved of or accepted by Gandhi...who realised too late that his closest comrades…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-wolpert/the-plan-to-carve-up-british-india-was-never-approved-of-or-accepted/) [Stanley Wolpert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-wolpert/) [Accepted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepted/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a8/stanley-wolpert-67230_accepted_the-plan-to-carve-up-british-india-was-n_1916651.png) > [“Trouble-strewn India was no longer a rich source of career opportunities for English graduates of Oxford and Cambridge, who for decades had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-wolpert/trouble-strewn-india-was-no-longer-a-rich-source-of-career/) [Stanley Wolpert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-wolpert/) [Career opportunities](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/career-opportunities/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab4/stanley-wolpert-67230_career-opportunities_trouble-strewn-india-was-no-longer-a-ric_2906276.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-wolpert/#itemlist", "name": "Stanley Wolpert Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "An excellent introduction to the rise and fall of the British Raj, accurate, succinct, and engaging.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stanley Wolpert" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-wolpert/an-excellent-introduction-to-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-british-raj/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/stanley-wolpert-67230_accurate_an-excellent-introduction-to-the-rise-an_104162.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/stanley-wolpert-67230_accurate_an-excellent-introduction-to-the-rise-an_104162.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/stanley-wolpert-67230_accurate_an-excellent-introduction-to-the-rise-an_104162.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“An excellent introduction to the rise and fall of the British Raj, accurate, succinct, and engaging.” — Stanley Wolpert", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Few individuals significantly alter the course of history. 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