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Philip Spratt (26 September 1902 – 8 March 1971) was a British writer and intellectual. Initially a communist sent by the British arm of the Communist International (Comintern), based in Moscow, to spread Communism in India, he subsequently became a friend and colleague of M.N. Roy, founder of the Communist parties in Mexico and India, and along with him became an anti-communist activist.〔(M N Roy ) Mainstream, Vol XLV, No 35.〕 He was among the first architects, and a founding-member of the Communist Party of India, and was among the chief accused in the Meerut Conspiracy Case; he was arrested on 20 March 1929 and imprisoned.〔("Working Class Movement Library" ''Meerut Conspiracy Trial'' )〕〔(ROLE OF THE COMMUNISTS ) ''60 Years of Our Independence and the Left: Some Thoughts'' – Jyoti Basu, ''Communist Party of India'' official website."We should remember the contribution of communists Rajani Palme Dutt (RPD), Clemens Dutt, Philip Spratt and Ben Bradley."〕 As a result of his reading during his time in jail, and also his observation of political developments in Russia and Western Europe at the time, Philip Spratt renounced Communism in the early 1930s. After India gained independence from the British, he was among the lone voices – such as Sita Ram Goel – against the well-intentioned and fashionable leftist policies of Nehru and the Indian government.〔(Renounced communism.. ) ''Jawaharlal Nehru:A Biography'', by Sankar Ghose, Allied Publishers, 1993, ISBN 81-7023-369-0. page 280.〕〔(Foreword by Philip Spratt of the Sita Ram Goel's ''Genesis and Growth of Nehruism.'' )〕 He was the Editor of ''MysIndia'', a pro-American weekly, and later of ''Swarajya'', a newspaper run by C. Rajagopalachari. He was also was a prolific writer of books, articles and pamphlets on a variety of subjects, and translated books in French, German, Tamil, Sanskrit and Hindi, into English. ==Early life== Philip Spratt was born in Camberwell on 26 September 1902 to Herbert Spratt, a schoolmaster, and Norah Spratt. He was one of five boys. His elder brother David Spratt, left boarding school to join the British army during World War I, and was killed at Passchendaele in 1917. Although raised a Baptist, Herbert Spratt later joined the Church of England. Philip Spratt's own rejection of religion came early on: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Philip Spratt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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