“ Sir Philip Hartog, K.B.E., C.I.E., died at a nursing home in London yesterday at the age of 83.
Few educationists still working as did in octogenarian years could look back on so varied, strenuous, and fruitful a career as his. He left an enduring mark on educational thought and practice, not only in India but in this county and the Dominions.
Philip Joseph Hartog was born in London on March 2, 1864, the third son of Alfonse Hartog. He was educated at University College School, the Universities of Paris and Heidelberg, and the Collège de France. ”

“ Deeply impressed by his experience of the need for systematic education research, he obtained from the Leverhulme Trust in 1940 a great of £2,000 to the University of London Institute of Education for this purpose. The organization thereby set up was renamed in 1945 the National Foundation for Education Research in England and Wales, and in 1947 it applied for a royal charter. Hartog was also the prime mover in the setting up by the Ministry of Labour and National Service before the outbreak of war in 1939 of a Linguistic Committee of the Appointments Registry, and he was its first chairman. ”

“ He did much other work for the Jewish People.
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