File RAS BHA/2/1/1 - Letter from Christopher Cullen to the Royal Asiatic Society

Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 RAS BHA-RAS BHA/2-RAS BHA/2/1-RAS BHA/2/1/1

Title

Letter from Christopher Cullen to the Royal Asiatic Society

Date(s)

  • 3 July 1978 (Creation)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

Typewritten, 1 piece.

Context area

Name of creator

(1946-)

Biographical history

Christopher Cullen is an English sinologist born in 1946. He has an MA from University of Oxford in engineering and a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies in classical Chinese. He is Director Emeritus of the Needham Research Institute and General Editor of the Science and Civilisation in China series, succeeding Joseph Needham. His own area of research is the Han Dynasty and he translated the Book on Numbers and Computation into English.

Publications

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Letter from Christopher Cullen, Clare Hall, Cambridge, to the Royal Asiatic Society enquiring about eligibility for the Barwis-Holliday award.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

    Script of material

      Language and script notes

      Physical characteristics and technical requirements

      Finding aids

      Allied materials area

      Existence and location of originals

      Existence and location of copies

      Related units of description

      Related descriptions

      Notes area

      Alternative identifier(s)

      Access points

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Name access points

      Genre access points

      Description control area

      Description identifier

      gb 891 ras bha/2/1/1

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      Status

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Accession area