File RAS CEN/1/36 - A Great Chinese Library

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Reference code

GB 891 RAS CEN-RAS CEN/1-RAS CEN/1/36

Title

A Great Chinese Library

Date(s)

  • 19th Jul 1923 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

printed material

Context area

Name of creator

(1823 - present)

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 ofread more

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Scope and content

Report from The Times newspaper, "A Great Chinese Library" concerning the reception by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress at the Mansion House and the tour of the Chinese Library at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, as partread more

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Language of material

  • English

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