Series RAS UPE/23 - 1960 - Keith Leslie Pratt

Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 RAS UPE-RAS UPE/23

Title

1960 - Keith Leslie Pratt

Date(s)

  • 1960 (Creation)

Level of description

Series

Extent and medium

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

K.L. Pratt was a student of Durham University.

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

There were no competitors in 1959-1960. Therefore the dates were changed for the competition to include the summer vacation. This later date led to the prize being decided in October 1960. For this 1960 Prize Essay competition there is the prizewinning essay: "The Trade of the Roman Empire with the East" by Keith Leslie Pratt from University College, Durham. Typed manuscript, 24 pages, With the essay is the verifying note from Pratt's tutor in Chinese.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

    Language and script notes

    Physical characteristics and technical requirements

    Finding aids

    Allied materials area

    Existence and location of originals

    Existence and location of copies

    Related units of description

    The Minutes for the Council Meetings for 8 October 1959, record that Sir R.O. Winstedt and Prof. A.S. Tritton were appointed as examiners of the Competition. The Minutes for 13 October 1960 record that the winner was Mr K.L. Pratt from Durham University. In the report of the Anniversary Meeting in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1960, p.207, it was reported that no essay was submitted and therefore the time for submission for the essays had been delayed to follow the long vacation. In the report of the Anniversary Meeting in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1961, p.167, the subjects set for the Prize Essay were recorded and that the successful candidate was Mr. K.L. Pratt.

    Related descriptions

    Notes area

    Alternative identifier(s)

    Access points

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Name access points

    Genre access points

    Description control area

    Description identifier

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    Status

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation revision deletion

    Language(s)

      Script(s)

        Sources

        Accession area