File RAS UPE/8/1/20 - Letter from Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to Sir William Foster

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GB 891 RAS UPE-RAS UPE/8-RAS UPE/8/1-RAS UPE/8/1/20

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Letter from Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to Sir William Foster

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  • 18th 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 Sir William Foster to ask whether he would be wiling to undertake the presentations of the Prize Essay Award if the President was unable to be present. Typed, 1 side, dated 18 December 1939.

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  • English