Sam Dalrymple (historian)
Sam Dalrymple | |
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| Born | February 1997 (age 28)[1] |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, film-maker, peace activist, social media influencer |
| Movement | Project Dastaan |
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Samuel Hew Tantallon Dalrymple (born February 1997)[1][2] is a writer, film-maker, peace activist, and social media influencer.[3][4]
Early life and education
Dalrymple was born to public historian William Dalrymple and artist Olivia Fraser.[5] His paternal grandfather was Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, 10th Baronet of North Berwick,[2] and his paternal grandmother was a daughter of Walter Keppel, 9th Earl of Albemarle.[6] His father is a great nephew of Virginia Woolf and a cousin of writer Alice Albinia.[7][8]
Dalrymple graduated as a Persian and Sanskrit scholar from the University of Oxford.[3][9]
Career
Dalrymple along with Sparsh Ahuja and Saadia Gardezi founded Project Dastaan, a peace-building initiative that reconnects refugees displaced by the Partition of India.[10]
Dalrymple's first film, Child of Empire, was a VR docudrama detailing the horrors of forced migration and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2022.[3][11] His animated anthology "Lost Migrations" was a sell-out at the British Film Institute.[3][12]
Dalrymple's book, Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of the Modern Asia, is due to be published on 19 June 2025 by William Collins Books, ISBN13 978-0008466-817.[13][14]
References
- ^ a b "Company information". gov.uk. HM Government. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
- ^ a b Morris, Susan; Bosberry-Scott, Wendy; Belfield, Gervase, eds. (2019). "Hamilton-Dalrymple (NS) 1698, of North Berwick, Haddingtonshire". Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Vol. 2 (150th ed.). London: Debrett's Ltd. pp. 4325–4327. ISBN 978-1-999767-0-5-1.
- ^ a b c d Habib, Waquar (2023-08-30). "Samuel Dalrymple On Showcasing The Partition With Sensitivity". Outlook Traveller. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ^ Nanisetti, Serish (2023-01-28). "How young Instagrammers in India are using social media to give history context". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ^ "FarmHouses in Delhi - William Dalrymple Opens the doors to his Delhi Farmhouse | AD India". Architectural Digest India. 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ^ "Obituary: Anne-Louise Mary Hamilton-Dalrymple, Lord Lieutenant's wife who was patron and supporter of many charities". The Scotsman.
- ^ "Kolkata, my ancestors, and me". BBC News. 2016-10-22. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ^ Maclean, Rory (2008-12-04). "Travel books of the year". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ^ Dalrymple, Sam (2018-06-08). "Opinion | Couchsurfing With the Taliban". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
- ^ Gangopadhyay, Uttara. "Border Crossings: Reuniting 1947 Partition Migrants With Their Homelands". Outlook India.
- ^ Khan, Arman (2022-01-28). "Flashback 75: Partition in virtual reality in 'Child of Empire'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ^ Nainar, Nahla (2022-08-13). "'Lost Migrations': Using animation to find a place called home". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- ^ "Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia". HarperCollins. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ^ "How William Dalrymple's son, Sam Dalrymple, is changing the way you look at history with his new book". Mid-day. 2025-03-30. Retrieved 2025-03-30.