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↑ Up one levelLetter from Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to the Registrar
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GB 891 RAS UPE-RAS UPE/1-RAS UPE/1/4-RAS UPE/1/4/7
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Date(s)
- 26th May 1932 (Creation)
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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.
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Royal Asiatic Society Archives
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Letter from Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to the Registrar. Specimen letter to be sent to universities to give details of the Universities Prize Essay Competition. Typed letter, dated 26 May 1932. With this letter is a typed list of "Universities of the United Kingdom and Irish Free State".
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- English
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