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Notification of Recommended Winner

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GB 891 RAS UPE-RAS UPE/4-RAS UPE/4/1-RAS UPE/4/1/4

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Date(s)

  • 8th Nov 1935 (Creation)

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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.

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Royal Asiatic Society Archives

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Notification from the Committee that the prize be awarded to the essay bearing the quotation "we are all in difficulty..." Handwritten and signed by the Committee, dated 8 November 1935.With this is a note of Evan Glyndwr Jones address and his tutor's signature from the University of Bristol. Handwritten, with printed letterhead, undated.

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  • English
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