File OS5/2 - Bicentenary

Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 OS5-OS5/2

Title

Bicentenary

Date(s)

  • 1953 - 1954 (Creation)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

2 items printed and typed

Context area

Name of creator

Name of creator

(1823-)

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

Content and structure area

Scope and content

  • Printed notification from Philip, His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, President of the Royal Society of Arts, concerning an Extraordinary Meeting of Council at Buckingham Palace on 16 July 1953, where it was resolved that the bicentenary of the
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Language of material

  • English

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