# Paul Sinker

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**Sir Algernon Paul Sinker**, [KCMG](/source/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George), [CB](/source/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath) (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](/source/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.[1][2]

## References

1. "Sir Paul Sinker", *[The Times](/source/The_Times)* (London), 1 March 1977, p. 16. .

1. J. M. Lee, [Sinker, Sir (Algernon) Paul"](https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-64548), *[The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography](/source/The_Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography)* (online ed., [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press), 2009). Retrieved 11 August 2021.

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