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Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 RAS MEMB-RAS MEMB/1

Publication status

Published

Level of description

Series

Extent and medium

1 box of printed material

Date(s)

1934-2010 (Creation)

Context area

Name of creator

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.

Repository

Royal Asiatic Society Archives

Content and structure area

Scope and content

The Society had a tradition of including a list of members in its Journal to encourage communications between members. These give the names of those serving on the Council and committees, and the names of the Society's officers, and list all members' names, addresses, the year in which they were elected and their type of membership in a given year. Members who have resigned, passed away in the past year or fail to pay their subscriptions for a given period are removed from the list. Starting from 1930s the list was published separately from the Journal in a pamphlet form. This series primarily contains these printed pamphlets and other lists of members prepared by the Society's officers for administrative purposes over the years.