File RAS FIN/8/12 - Horace Geoffrey Quaritch and Dorothy Clementina Wales Bequest

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Reference code

GB 891 RAS FIN-RAS FIN/8-RAS FIN/8/12

Title

Horace Geoffrey Quaritch and Dorothy Clementina Wales Bequest

Date(s)

  • 16 September 1981 - 27 May 2002 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

17 pieces, handwritten and typed.

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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Content and structure area

Scope and content

Correspondence concerning the donations of books, furniture and a bequest made by Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales and put into effect upon the death of his wife, Dorothy Clementina, dated 16 September 1981 - 27 May 2002.

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Description identifier

gb 891-rasfin/8/12