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- 1937 (Creation)
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Biographical history
Arnold Talbot Wilson was born in 1884 and educated at Clifton College. He started his military career in 1903 and went to serve in India. From there he was posted to Iran. In 1907, Wilson was transferred to the Indian Political Department and sent to the… read more
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Biographical history
Bertram Sidney Thomas was born near Bristol and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He served in Belguim and Iraq in the First World War and subsequently as an Assistant Political Officer in Iraq from 1918 to 1922, and Assistant British… read more
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Scope and content
Administrative Documents, Correspondence and Newspaper Cuttings concerned with the award of the Burton Memorial Medal to Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson.
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The series was divided into three sub-series of Administrative Documents, Correspondence, and Printed Material
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Language of material
- English
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The Minutes of the Council Meeting may provide additional details of the award to Arnold Wilson. The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 1937 (3), pp. 569-573, provides details of the giving of the Burton Memorial Medal to Wilson and the lecture which he provided.