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↑ Up one levelCorrespondence in response to the proposed Barwis-Holliday Award.
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Reference code
GB 891 RAS BHA-RAS BHA/1-RAS BHA/1/3
Publication status
Published
Level of description
Subseries
Extent and medium
Typed and handwritten, 21 pieces.
Date(s)
- 22 April 1977 - 27 July 1977 (Creation)
Context area
Name of creator
(7 September 1907 - 03 November 1983)
Biographical history
Major J.E. Barwis-Holliday was interested in the Far East. He was the British delegate at the eighth congress of the International Organisation for the Industrial, Scientific and Cultural Advancement in Japan. He owned properties in Sussex and Cumberland. He was a member to the Royal Asiatic Society from 1970 until his death in 1983 and served on the Society's Council. He endowed the Barwis-Holliday Award while he was alive with further money bequeathed on his death.
(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.
Repository
Royal Asiatic Society Archives
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence between members of the Society in response to the proposed Barwis-Holliday Award.
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Additional information
Description identifier
gb 891 ras bha/1/3
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