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Reference code
GB 891 CHH-CHH/6
Publication status
Published
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Extent and medium
Two volumes, quarter bound books, 260mm x 380mm
Date(s)
- 1832-06-16 (Accumulation)
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Name of creator
(1787-1838)
Biographical history
Henry Harkness was born on 7 October 1787 in Lympstone, Devon. He was a British Colonial Officer in South India. He became a Captain of the East India Company in 1826 when he commanded the escort of Bishop Heber until Heber’s death in 1826. He collaborated with Col. Colin MacKenzie in editing Ram Raz’s posthumous, 'Architecture of the Hindus' (L. 1834) and worked as the secretary of College of Fort St. George until his retirement on 7 July 1834. Once back in the U.K., He was Secretary of the RAS from 1834 to 1837. He died on 17 August 1838.
Repository
Royal Asiatic Society Archives
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Two volumes written in South Indian script. Donated by Henry Harkness, 16 June 1832.
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Appendix, No. IV, Donations to the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland , 1834, Vol. 3, No. 3 (1834), pp. xxxv-xcvii (London, Cambridge University Press)
Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25581783 lists these among the donations of Harkness.
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