{{short description|English civil servant and classicist}} '''Sir Algernon Paul Sinker''', KCMG, CB (13 April 1905 – 26 February 1977), commonly known as '''Paul Sinker''', was an English civil servant and classicist. He studied at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he was elected to a fellowship in 1928. In 1940, he was made a temporary civil servant to contribute to the war effort, and was noted for his competency; convinced to stay in 1945, he left his fellowship and became a permanent member of HM Civil Service. From 1951 to 1954, he was First Civil Service Commissioner. He then served as Director-General of the British Council from 1954 to 1968 and chairman of the Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas from 1968 to 1976.<ref>"Sir Paul Sinker", ''The Times'' (London), 1 March 1977, p. 16. {{Gale|CS270762081}}.</ref><ref>J. M. Lee, [https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-64548 Sinker, Sir (Algernon) Paul"], ''The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (online ed., Oxford University Press, 2009). Retrieved 11 August 2021.</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-gov}} {{s-bef|before=Sir Percival Waterfield}} {{s-ttl|title=First Civil Service Commissioner|years=1951–1954}} {{s-aft|after=Sir Laurence Helsby}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sinker, Paul}} Category:1905 births Category:1977 deaths Category:English classical scholars Category:Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford Category:Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford Category:Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath Category:20th-century English civil servants