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Reference code
GB 891 RAS LEC4-RAS LEC4/3-RAS LEC4/3/3
Publication status
Published
Level of description
Subseries
Extent and medium
1 archival folder handwritten and typed
Date(s)
- 1960 - 1969 (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.
_Twitchett_
_David_
_Luce_
_Gordon H._
_1889-1979_
_Russell_
_Ralph_
_1918-2008_
_Lattimore_
_Owen_
_1900-1989_
_Kenyon_
_Kathleen M._
_1906-1978_
Johannes Gijsbertus de Casparis
(1916-2002)
_Yadin_
_Yigael_
_1917-1984_
_Emery_
_Walter B._
_1907-1973_
Charles Roskelly Bawden
(1924-2016)
_Raeside_
_I.M.P._
_1926-2011_
_Blacker_
_Carmen_
_1924-2009_
_Chʻen_
_Te kung_
_Pulleybank_
_E.G._
_Richardson_
_H. E._
_1905-2000_
_Hugh Edward_
_Elfenbein_
_Josef Horblit 1927-_
_Burton-Page_
_John Garrard_
_1921-2005_
_Boyce_
_Mary_
_1920-2006_
_Simmonds_
_Edward Harold Stuart_
_1919-1994_
_Snelgrove_
_David S_
Robinson, Basil William, 1912-2005
(20/06/1912 – 29/12/2005)
Biographical history
Robinson was born in London, and attended Winchester College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He joined the staff of the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1939 and was shortly afterwards transferred to the Department of Metalwork where, apart from war service in the East from 1939 to 1946, he spent the rest of his career. He served as Keeper of the Department of Metalwork from 1966 until his retirement in 1972. In 1967 he was elected honorary president of the To-ken Society of Great Britain and was president of the Royal Asiatic Society from 1970 to 1973. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a Fellow of the British Academy.
His principal fields of scholarship were: Persian miniature paintings (he developed the standard classification and chronology), Japanese swords, and the artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (he established the artist's place among the great masters of ukiyo-e).
He died in 2005. He had married twice: firstly Mary Stewart, who died in 1954, and secondly Oriel Steel, with whom he had a son and a daughter.
Repository
Royal Asiatic Society Archives
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Scope and content
Correspondence connected with the organisation of Lectures:
* Correspondence with Dr D. L. Snellgrove, 9 items, dated 30 July 1964 - 6 November 1964. These include correspondence from The Education and Scientific Officer, India House, the Royal Afghan Embassy, and the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia about attending the event.
* Correspondence with E.H.S. Simmonds, 3 items, dated 30 July 1964 - 2 September 1964.
* Correspondence with Miss E.M. Boyce, 14 items, dated 13 October 1964 - 17 May 1965.
* Correspondence with J. Burton-Page, 3 items, dated 21 October 1964 - 17 December 1964.
* Correspondence with Dr J. Elfenbein, 6 items, dated 6 November 1964 - 11 June 1965.
* Correspondence with H.E. Richardson, 1 item, dated 6 November 1964.
* Correspondence with Professor E.G. Pulleybank, 8 items, dated 6 November 1964 - 9 April 1965.
* Correspondence with Dr Cheng Te-kun, 6 items, dated 30 November 1964 - 15 February 1965.
* Correspondence with Dr Carmen Blacker, 7 items, dated 11 December 1964 - 15 March 1965.
* Correspondence with Dr I.M.P. Raeside, 8 items, dated 2 March 1965 - 15 April 1966.
* Correspondence with Dr C.R. Bawden, 13 items, dated 2 March 1965 - 13 June 1966.
* Correspondence with Professor W.B. Emery, 6 items, dated 2 March 1965 - 24 May 1966.
* Correspondence with Yigael Yadin, 10 items, dated 5 March 1965 - 21 November 1966.
* Correspondence with Dr G. de Casparie, 10 items, dated 8 March 1965 - 21 December 1966.
* Correspondence with Dr K.M. Kenyon, 5 items, dated 11 March 1965 - 15 March 1966.
* Correspondence with Professor Owen Lattimore, 6 items, dated 15 March 1965 - 16 December 1965.
* Correspondence with Ralph Russell, 7 items, dated 15 March 1965 - 22 February 1966.
* Correspondence with Basil W. Robinson, 5 items, dated 20 May 1965 - 26 October 1965.
* Correspondence with Professor G.H. Luce, 1 item, dated 22 July 1965.
* Correspondence with Professor D. Twitchett, 8 items, dated 24 January 1966 - 13 January 1967.
* Correspondence with Dr S.M. Stern, 3 items, dated 14 July 1967 - 18 July 1967.
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Language of material
- English
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