File RAS UPE/8/1/15 - Letter from Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to Asa Briggs, 13 December 1939

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GB 891 RAS UPE-RAS UPE/8-RAS UPE/8/1-RAS UPE/8/1/15

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Letter from Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to Asa Briggs, 13 December 1939

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  • 13th Dec 1939 (Creation)

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The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded by the eminent Sanskrit scholar Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke on the 15th March 1823. It received its Royal Charter from King George IV on the 11th August 1824 'for the investigation ofread more

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Letter from Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to Asa Briggs to inform him that he has been awarded the Annual Prize for the Universities Essay Competition. Due to current difficulties with transport the RAS would organise for someone to present the prize inread more

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  • English