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GB 891 JDB-JDB/3
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Published
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1 folder
Date(s)
- 1895-1929 (Creation)
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Name of creator
(1836-1923)
Biographical history
John Drew Bate was born in Plymouth in 1836. He trained at Regent’s Park College, London and then in 1865, sailed to India to work for the Baptist Missionary Society, the same year that he married, Beatrice Tagg. After a period in East Bengal (now Bangladesh) he was posted to Allahabad in 1868 where he stayed until his retirement in 1897. He became a member of the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1873 and the Royal Asiatic Society in 1881.
He authored the Hindi Dictionary published in 1875 , adding 25,000 new words and forms of words. At his death this work was still considered the standard text and by order of the Education Department of the Government of India, copies were placed in all schools and colleges in India where Hindi was spoken. Bate contributed articles to the Missionary Herald, Baptist Magazine and Asiatic Quarterly Review. He also published An Examination of the Claims of Ishmael as viewed by Muhammadans.
He returned to England on his retirement. He had one son who lived to adulthood but was killed in the WWI and was outlived by his wife and their daughters. He died on 26th January, 1923.
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Royal Asiatic Society Archives
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* Note written by John Drew Bate about where to find information for sermons within his papers, dated 29th March, 1898
* Letter from Martin Henry to John Drew Bate about subjects for meetings, dated 17th December, 1895. The reverse of the letter has been used for notes by John Drew Bate
* Letter from [E J Palmer] to John Drew Bate thanking him for his help with taking a service, dated 18th November, 1896
* Postcard to Miss Bate L.R.A.M, A.R.C.M, Sevenoaks, Kent from [L. Bate] hoping she is back safely to Sevenoaks, postmarked 24th July, 1905. The reverse has a photograph of a lady to which has been added the inscription Miss Bate, L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M.
* A small photograph of a lady in a hat, unknown identity. Photo taken by Valentine Studios, Folkestone, Kent.
* Packaging addressed to Miss E E Bate from Dr Williams's Library, Gordon Square, London, postmarked 20th June, 1929.
* Envelope addressed to Lady Arundel, sister-in-law of Beatrice Bate, wife of John Drew Bate, from Harrods News, postmarked 22 March, 1929.
* Royal Asiatic Society label with "BATES MSS additions to his Hindi Dic, deposited by Miss Bates, 1929".
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Language of material
- English
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