Martin Moir

Born in London and educated at Oriel College, Oxford and University College London, Martin Moir was for many years deputy director of the British Library's Oriental and India Office Collections,

as well as a lecturer in Overseas Administrative History at the School of Library, Archive and Information Studies, University College London.

He is the author or co-editor of several publications dealing mostly with modern South Asian history and archives, including A General Guide to the India Office Records (1988),

Writings on India by John Stuart Mill (1990), The Great Indian Education Debate (1999) and Preserving Pakistan's Past (2002).

Since 1991 he has been an Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of Information Studies, University College London.