Serie RAS TGM/7 - 1912 – J.F. Fleet

The Council Minutes for 9 January 1912 state that Dr Grierson, Dr Hoernle, and Professor Margoliouth were appointed as the Selection Committee for the Triennial Gold Medal, which was again minuted for the Meeting of 13 February 1912. The report of the meeting of the Committee on 2 March 1912, nominates Mr John Faithfull Fleet who "holds a distinguished record in Indian Epigraphy, History and Chronology." The Minutes for the Council Meeting of the 12 March 1912 state that the Gold Medal was awarded to Mr Fleet on the recommendation of the Committee.

The Journal for the Royal Asiatic Society 1912 (2), p. 545 contains a paragraph to say that the Gold Medal had been awarded to Mr. J.F. Fleet for "his distinguished work in Indian Epigraphy, History and Chronology, in which he is the foremost authority in England...". in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 1912 (3), pp. 837-839, there is a report of the Presentation of the Medal on 21 May 1912 at which Lord Minto undertook the presentation.