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Reference code
GB 891 RB-RB/7-RB/7/4-RB/7/4/15
Publication status
Published
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
4 items
Date(s)
- 1939 (Creation)
Context area
Name of creator
(1892-1960)
Biographical history
Norman Mosley Penzer was an Oriental scholar and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
(1823 - present)
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 Richard Burton Memorial: The Eckenstein Collection" Typed notice concerning the Collection to appear in the JRAS 1939, No.2, p.337. Also handwritten draft, 2 sides and newspaper cutting from The Times, 1 March 1939 concerning the Richard Burton Memorial: Eckenstein Collection.
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Language of material
- English
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