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↑ Up one levelLetters from Lydia Collins to Daily Telegraph and The Times
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GB 891 RAS BMM-RAS BMM/17-RAS BMM/17/2-RAS BMM/17/2/19
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1 piece typed with printed letterhead
Date(s)
- 11th Oct 1993 (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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Letters from Lydia Collins, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to the Social Editors at the Daily Telegraph and The Times in which she asks that notification of the presentation of the Burton Memorial Award to Beatrice de Cardi be placed in their papers. Two letters on one sheet of paper.
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