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Date(s)
- 1972 - 1973 (Creation)
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Nora Elisabeth Mary Boyce was born in India in 1920. She graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge with a double first. She joined the faculty of the Royal Holloway College, University of London in 1944, where she taught Anglo-Saxon literature and… read more
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Name of creator
Administrative history
The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded by the eminent Sanskrit scholar Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke on the 15th March 1823. It received its Royal Charter from King George IV on the 11th August 1824 'for the investigation of… read more
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence and a newspaper cutting concerning the conferment of the Burton Memorial Medal on Professor Mary Boyce.
System of arrangement
The material was divided into two sub-series for correspondence and printed material.
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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 Professor Mary Boyce. The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 1973, p.197 record the presentation of the Burton Memorial Medal to Professor Boyce as part of the Anniversary Report.
Access points
Name access points
- John Pinches London, England Medallist (Subject)
- Boyce Nora Elizabeth Mary 1920-2006 (Subject)