Subseries RAS BMM/22/1 - Dr. Peter Alford Andrews and Mrs. Mügül Andrews

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Reference code

GB 891 RAS BMM-RAS BMM/22-RAS BMM/22/1

Title

Dr. Peter Alford Andrews and Mrs. Mügül Andrews

Date(s)

  • 2022-2023 (Creation)

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Subseries

Extent and medium

Electronic documents

Context area

Name of creator

(1936 -)

Biographical history

Peter Alford Andrews was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset in 1936. He trained as an architect before undertaking his PhD study at the Department of the Near and Middle East, Faculty of Arts, SOAS, University of London, under Mary Boyce (also a Richard Burtonread more

Name of creator

(d. 2016)

Biographical history

Mügül Ataç Andrews, was an expert on oriental embroidery, and with her husband Peter Alford Andrews, dedicated much of her life to studying Eurasian nomadic and urban tents. She married Peter in 1967 and they had two sons.

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Scope and content

The Burton Memorial Medal was given to Peter Alford Andrews and to his wife, Mügül, posthumously. Archival material associated with this is:

  • 'Interview with Peter Alford Andrews – recipient of the Sir Richard Burton Medal, 2022' (copy of a blogpost from
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Related units of description

A recording of Peter Andrews lecture can be found on the Society's YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YorASsJ0C38

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Description identifier

gb 891 ras bmm 22/1