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↑ Up one levelLetter from Christopher Gimson to RAS Secretary, 9 July 1950
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GB 891 CG-CG/1
Publication status
Published
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Extent and medium
Handwritten, 1 piece
Date(s)
- 1950 (Creation)
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Name of creator
Christopher Gimson
(1886-1975)
Biographical history
Christopher Gimson joined the Indian Civil Service in 1911 and spent most of his career in Manipur, India, eventually becoming Political Agent there in 1933. He retired in 1947 and returned to Leicester, where he died in 1975. He was president of the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society 1955–56.
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Royal Asiatic Society Archives
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Scope and content
Letter from Christopher Gimson to RAS Secretary to enquire whether the Society will be interested in picking up the publication of Yimjao Singh’s book on the old Manipuri language again. He writes that attempts to publish the book in India have not been successful, and that G. H. Luce, late of Rangoon University, may be interested in this project.
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