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GB 891 RAS TGM-RAS TGM/12
Title
1928 – Professor D.S. Margoliouth
Date(s)
- 1980 (Creation)
- 1928 (Creation)
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David Samuel Margoliouth was born in London in 1858. He was educated at Winchester and Oxford where he graduated with a Double First and a significant number of prizes. He was appointed to the Laudian Chair in Arabic, Oxford University, in 1889, a… read more
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Within this series are two letters, dating to 1980, concerning the giving of Margoliouth's Gold Medal to New College Oxford by his family. For further information about the conferment of the Medal please see Related Material.
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In the Council Minutes for 14 February 1928 the Medal Committee of Dr Barnett, Sir Stewart Lockhart and Sir Denison Ross were approved by the Council. A report of the Committee's meeting on 28 February 1928 stated their unanimous selection of Professor… read more