Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 RAS UPE-RAS UPE/9
Title
1940 - Geoffrey Scott Mowat
Date(s)
- 1940 (Creation)
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Series
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Geoffrey Scott Mowat was born in Oxford where his father was a history don. He went up to Corpus Christi College in 1936. He married in 1940 before leaving for Malaya to join the Civil service. He also joined the Volunteer Forces and in 1942 became a PoW… read more
Name of creator
Name of creator
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The material contains administrative correspondence and notices, two essays, and a newspaper cutting concerning the Prize Essay Competition for 1940.
System of arrangement
The material was divided thus:
- RAS UPE/9/1 - Administrative Correspondence
- RAS UPE/9/2 - Essays
- RAS UPE/9/3 - Newspaper Cutting
Conditions of access and use area
Language of material
- English
Allied materials area
Related units of description
The Minutes of the Council Meeting of the Society for 13 February 1940 record the choice of essay title for the 1940 competition. In the Minutes for the meeting of 14 November 1940 it was recorded that the examiners had chosen Mr Geoffrey Scott Mowat as… read more
Access points
Name access points
- Royal Asiatic society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, England (Subject)
- Mowat Geoffrey Scott 1917-2008 Malayan Civil Servant (Subject)
- Furnivall J. S (Subject)
- Winstedt Richard O. 1878-1966 (Subject)