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GB 891 RAS MEMB-RAS MEMB/5-RAS MEMB/5/2-RAS MEMB/5/2/8
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Published
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Date(s)
- [post-1950] (Creation)
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Name of creator
(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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News clipping of an article entitled ‘Asiatic v. Asian’, in which the writer writes that the old and time-honoured wording ‘Asiatic’ in the name of RAS should be changed to ‘Asian’. The articles includes a photograph of Richard Winstedt, then President of the Society.
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