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Glyn Barlow

Best known for writing about the history of Madras, this early-20th-century author turned the city’s past into a lively, accessible narrative. His work still circulates today through reprints and digital editions, keeping a slice of colonial-era historical writing in view.

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The Story of Madras

The Story of Madras

by Glyn Barlow

About the author

Little biographical information about Glyn Barlow is easy to confirm from widely available reliable sources, but his surviving books show him as a writer focused on India and its history. He is credited as the author of The Story of Madras, a historical account first published in the early 1900s and now also available through Project Gutenberg.

Barlow is also associated with Industrial India, suggesting an interest not just in narrative history but in the economic and social conditions of the subcontinent. For modern listeners and readers, his work offers a window into how British-era writers described Indian cities, trade, and public life.

Because verified personal details such as his birth, death, and broader life story were not readily available in the sources I could confirm, it is safest to remember him chiefly through the books he left behind rather than through a detailed personal biography.