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Letter from Edwin Norris to Rev. R.E. Tyrwhitt

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GB 891 RAS GOV4-RAS GOV4/468

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  • 21st Feb 1860 (Creation)

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Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
(1823-)

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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 Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Rev. R.E. Tyrwhitt in which Tyrwhitt is informed that the Council wish to read to its members the second division of his paper on Assyrian Chronology, but that it is too long and the Council request that he condenses it. The third division of his paper has not yet been fully examined and the subject of printing the whole work will be also taken into consideration. The Paper was read 21 April 1860. (Found on page 275)

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  • English
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