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- 1914-1965 (Creation)
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5 archival folders
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George Michael Wickens was a distinguished Canadian-British Persianist as well as Arabist, translator and a University lecturer. Wickens was born in London, England and attended Trinity College, Cambridge, where he received his BA in 1939 and MA in 1946,… read more
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Herbert Niel Randle C.I.E. F.B.A. (1880–1973) was the librarian of the India Office Library (1933–49; assistant librarian 1927–33),pro fessor of philosophy at Queen's College, Benares, and a writer on Indian philosophy.
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Hubert Seymour Garland Darke was a teacher and scholar of Persian and Lecturer in Persian at Cambridge University’s Faculty of Oriental Studies from 1961 to 1982.
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James Douglas Pearson was a British librarian and bibliographer in the field of Islamic studies who founded the Index Islamicus. He grew up in Cambridge, where he was also educated. His first job was as a book fetcher in the Cambridge University Library… read more
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Anthony Ashley Bevan, FBA was a British orientalist and distinguished Arabist.
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Ignatii Iul'ianovich Krachkovskii was an Arabist scholar, who wrote 'Among Arabic Manuscripts, Memories of Libraries and Men'. He was one of the founders of the Soviet school of Arab studies.
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Arent Jen Wensinck, from 1912 until 1927, was professor of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Syriac at the University of Leiden, and in 1927 he succeeded Snouck Hurgronje as professor of Arabic and Islam at the same university, at which post he remained until his death.
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Henry Guppy CBE was Librarian of the John Rylands Library in Manchester from 1899 until his death in 1948. He was created Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1937. He was active in the Library Association of Great Britain and among his… read more
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The correspondence contains letters concerned with publishing, with his research and work at the India Office Library and the University of Cambridge and more personal letters.
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The correspondence has been divided into subseries:
- CAS/10/1 - Cambridge University Press
- CAS/10/2 - Luzac & Company, Oriental and Foreign Booksellers and Publishers
- CAS/10/3 - Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd., Oriental and General Printers
- CAS/10/4 - … read more