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↑ Up one level1968 – Sir Hamilton Gibb
Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 RAS TGM-RAS TGM/25
Publication status
Published
Level of description
Series
Date(s)
- 1968 - 1972 (Creation)
Context area
Name of creator
(1895-1971)
Biographical history
Sir Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb was a Scottish historian on Orientalism, teaching first at the School of Oriental Studies, London, and subsequently at the University of Oxford before moving to Harvard University in 1955. He was a trustee of the Gibb Memorial Trust.
Repository
Royal Asiatic Society Archives
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This series contains correspondence regarding the conferment of the Medal, correspondence regarding the purchase of the Medal; correspondence with media organisations; newspaper cuttings; and material concerning the death of Hamilton Gibb. See Related Material for further information
System of arrangement
The series was divided into sub-series thus:
* RAS TGM/25/1 - Correspondence regarding the Conferment of the Medal
* RAS TGM/25/2 - Correspondence regarding the purchase of the Medal
* RAS TGM/25/3 - Correspondence with Media Organisations
* RAS TGM/25/4 - Newspaper cuttings
* RAS TGM/25/5 - Death of Sir Hamilton Gibb
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Additional information
Related units of description
In the Council Minutes for 13 June 1968 it is recorded that the Selection Committee of the Director, the Honorary Secretary and Professor E. Ullendorff, was approved by the Council and in the Minutes of 10 October 1968, the selection of Sir Hamilton Gibb was approved and that the President would approach Sir Hamilton Gibb regarding accepting and presentation of the Medal. This was also recorded in the Report of the Anniversary General Meeting in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1969, p.199.
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