Mubin Sheppard
Tan Sri Dato' Dr. Hj. Abdul Mubin (Mervyn) Cecil ffranck Sheppard (M.C.ff. Sheppard), PSM, JMN, PPT, CMG, MBE, OStJ, ED (died 11 September 1994) was a historian of Malaysian culture and heritage.
Tan Sri Mubin Sheppard was born in Ireland in 1905.
In 1927 he sat for the Malayan Civil Service (MCS) Competitive Examination in London, and arrived in Malaya in 1928 to serve with the MCS till 1963.
He served as a Company Commander in the Federated Malay States Volunteer Force (FMSVF) from 1941-1942. During the Second World War (1942–1945) he became a Prisoner of War (POW). He retired as a Major in the FMSVF in 1945.
The Mubin Sheppard Memorial Prize was established to stimulate students awareness of Mubin Chachia.[1]
List of books written by Tan Sri Mubin Sheppard
- Tunku Abdul Rahman; Father of Independence (1957–1970)
- Taman budiman: Memoirs of an unorthodox civil servant
- Singapore 150 Years, 1982 ISBN 9971-65-092-4
- The Adventures of Hang Tuah (1984)
- The Malay Regiment 1933-1947