Author Patrick French, who is best known for writing the biographies of Sir Vidia Naipaul and Francis Younghusband, died on March 16, 2023 in London. He was 57 years old and was suffering from cancer.
French was also the Dean of the School of Art and Sciences at Ahmedabad University, Gujarat. He was married to Meru Gokhale, former Publisher at Penguin Random House India.