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Elizabeth Samson, wife of Otto, played an important part in the social network of academics and scholars to which they belonged. She hosted dinner parties and buffet suppers at their flat. She instigated the O.W. Samson Award in 1986-87. She died in 1994 after being knocked down, crossing the road.

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 subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia'. It continues as a forum for those who are interested in the languages, cultures and history of Asia to meet and exchange ideas.

Henry Harkness was born on 7 October 1787 in Lympstone, Devon. He was a British Colonial Officer in South India. He became a Captain in 1826 when he commanded the escort of Bishop Heber until Heber’s death in 1826. He collaborated with Col. Colin MacKenzie in editing Ram Raz’s posthumous, 'Architecture of the Hindus' (L. 1834) and worked as the secretary of College of Fort St. George until his retirement on 7 July 1834. Once back in the U.K., He was Secretary of the RAS from 1834 to 1837. He died on 17 August 1838.