Subseries RAS TGM/25/1 - Correspondence regarding the Conferment of the Medal

Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 RAS TGM-RAS TGM/25-RAS TGM/25/1

Title

Correspondence regarding the Conferment of the Medal

Date(s)

  • 1968 (Creation)

Level of description

Subseries

Context area

Name of creator

(1895-1971)

Biographical history

Sir Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb was a Scottish historian on Orientalism, teaching first at the School of Oriental Studies, London, and subsequently at the University of Oxford before moving to Harvard University in 1955. He was a trustee of the Gibb Memorial Trust.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

This sub-series contains material regarding the selection of the candidate for the award and correspondence from Sir Hamilton Gibb,