Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 RAS BMM-RAS BMM/12
Title
1966 - Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date(s)
- 1966 - 1967 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and was educated at Eton and Oxford. In 1930 Thesiger returned to Africa at the invitation of Emperor Haile Selassie and returned again in 1933 to lead an expedition to explore the course of the… read more
Repository
Archival history
W.P. Thesiger 1966
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence and Printed Material regarding the award of the Burton Memorial Medal to Wilfred Patrick Thesiger, and his work.
System of arrangement
The material was divided into two sub-series for correspondence and printed material.
Conditions of access and use area
Language of material
- English
Allied materials area
Related units of description
The Minutes of the Council Meeting may provide additional details of the award to Wilfred Patrick Thesiger. The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 1967, p.191, provides details of the Presentation of the Burton Memorial Medal to Wilfred Thesiger.