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Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 RAS UPE-RAS UPE/30-RAS UPE/30/1
Publication status
Published
Level of description
Subseries
Date(s)
- 1970 - 1972 (Creation)
Context area
Name of creator
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
(1823-)
Biographical history
The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded by the eminent Sanskrit scholar Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke on the 15th March 1823. It received its Royal Charter from King George IV on the 11th August 1824 'for the investigation of subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia'. It continues as a forum for those who are interested in the languages, cultures and history of Asia to meet and exchange ideas.
Leopold
Joan
Lawyer, historian
Ullendorff
Edward
1920-2011
Ballhatchet
K.A
Adrian David Hugh Bivar
(1926-2015)
Biographical history
Adrian David Hugh Bivar, FRAS (1926 - 2015) was a British numismatist and archaeologist, who was Emeritus Professor of Iranian Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He specialized in Sasanian seals and rock reliefs, Kushano-Sasanian coins and chronology, Mithraic iconography, Arsacid history and pre-Islamic folklore.
Repository
Royal Asiatic Society Archives
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This consists of administrative correspondence with candidates and examiners, and notices of the competition.
Conditions of access and use area
Language of material
- English
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