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Letter from Herbert Chatley

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GB 891 RAS COLL3-RAS COLL3/6-RAS COLL3/6/2-RAS COLL3/6/2/7

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Typed, 1 piece

Date(s)

16 October 1939 (Creation)

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Name of creator

Chatley, Herbert

(1885-1955)

Biographical history

Herbert Chatley was a civil engineer. In 1907 he wrote the book, _The Problems of Flight_. After marrying in 1907 he went to China as Professor of Civil Engineering at Tangshan. In 1915 he moved to Shanghai and held engineering appointments there until his retirement in 1937. On the outbreak of the Second World War he was employed by the military and involved in the preparation of Mulberry Harbour. In China he became interested in astronomy and became an authority on Chinese astronomy publishing several articles.

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Royal Asiatic Society Archives

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Scope and content

Letter from Herbert Chatley to Mrs Davies, The China Society, to send a translation of one of the oldest astronomical texts to be bound and put in the Royal Asiatic Society Library.