File RAS BHA/2/1/3 - Letter from J. Edward Barwis-Holliday to Professor C.F. Beckingham

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GB 891 RAS BHA-RAS BHA/2-RAS BHA/2/1-RAS BHA/2/1/3

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Letter from J. Edward Barwis-Holliday to Professor C.F. Beckingham

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  • 27 March 1979 (Creation)

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(7 September 1907 - 03 November 1983)

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Major J.E. Barwis-Holliday was interested in the Far East. He was the British delegate at the eighth congress of the International Organisation for the Industrial, Scientific and Cultural Advancement in Japan. He owned properties in Sussex and Cumberland. He was a member to the Royal Asiatic Society from 1970 until his death in 1983 and served on the Society's Council. He endowed the Barwis-Holliday Award while he was alive with further money bequeathed on his death.

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Letter from J. Edward Barwis-Holliday to Professor C.F. Beckingham suggesting more publicity to increase the awareness of the award. He also discusses the use of the money.

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