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Reference code
GB 891 RAS GOV4-RAS GOV4/411
Title
Letter from Edwin Norris to Henry Fox Talbot, 20 April 1857
Date(s)
- 20th Apr 1857 (Creation)
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Name of creator
(1823-)
Administrative history
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 of… read more
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Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Henry Fox Talbot to express his concern that Talbot's translation and that of Sir Henry should be 'drawn up in same way'. Norris also tells Talbot that Dr Oppert is preparing a translation and that Rev Hincks has… read more
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Language of material
- English