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GB 891 RAS LEC4-RAS LEC4/5-RAS LEC4/5/3
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Administrative Documents
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- 1980 - 1989 (Creation)
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printed and typed
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(1823-present)
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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.
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Administrative documents concerned with Lectures and General Meetings:
- Advertising documents and correspondence concerned with the Royal Asiatic Society's celebration of the bicentenary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal which took place at the General Meeting of 12 January 1984 with Sir Cyril Philips lecturing on 'The Young Wellington in India'. There was also a lecture held at the British Library, given by Garland Cannon, on 14 March 1984, in connection with their exhibition, 'Sir William Jones and the Asiatic Society of Bengal', which ran from 20 January - 29 April 1984. 14 items, dated 16 March 1978 - 3 July 1984.
- 'Fabric of History', a newspaper article from the Evening Standard about the home of Philippa Scott. The article was kept as she pulled out of giving a lecture at short notice. Dated 21 December 1988.
- Correspondence with Walid Arafat concerning his lecture, 2 items, dated 31 December 1988.
- Letter from Helen Ballhatchett concerning her forthcoming lecture, 1 item, dated 4 March 1989.
- Letter from Dr I. Raeside concerning his forthcoming lecture, 1 item, dated 24 October 1989.
- Biographical Notes for Christopher Aslet, 3 items, dated 11 December 1989.
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- English
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- Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (Subject)
- Asiatic Society of Bengal (Subject)
- Raeside Ian (Subject)
- Arafat Waleed O (Subject)
- Scott Philippa 1918-2010 (Subject)