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GB 891 BHH-BHH/1-BHH/1/81 · File · 26th Feb 1854
Part of Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson

Letter from Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt to Brian Houghton Hodgson to Introduce Dr. Schlagintweit and his friend and request for help for them for their intended survey relating to physical geography, metrology and geology of Himalaya. Request for the same letters of recommendation as Dr. Hooker was privileged to have during his research and survey. Hodgson is addressed as long time friend to Humboldt, and Dr. Schlagintweit is referred to as a young friend and promising scholar of geography, geology, and metrology etc. Letter is attached with original envelope with Hodgson's note of received date, i.e. 20th April 1855. (Hodgson mss. in the British library have a draft copy of Hodgson's letter written in Nepali to the King of Nepal requesting for help for Dr. Schlagintweit in the same way help had previously been given to Dr. Hooker.) Handwritten in French, 1 side, dated 26 February 1854.

Humboldt Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von 1769-1859 Baron Naturalist, Explorer
GB 891 RAS BMM-RAS BMM/17-RAS BMM/17/2-RAS BMM/17/2/10 · File · 25th Oct 1992
Part of Royal Asiatic Society Richard Burton Memorial Medal

Letter from Beatrice de Cardi to Lydia Collins, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to express her delight at being awarded the Burton Memorial Medal and that she is available to lecture on 14 October 1993. She also expresses her pleasure at learning that Doreen Ingrams has been similarly awarded.

Cardi Beatrice ˜deœ 1914-2016