Bestanddeel RAS BHA/1/3/13 - Letter from Gordon A. Calver to C.F. Beckingham

Gordon Calver, had been a member of the British Institute since 1967 and a member of the council from 1977. His life-long interest in Iran and the Arab world grew from his work for the Imperial Bank of Iran for his entire working life. He was until 1985 a member of the advisory committee of HSBC.

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 subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia'. It continues as a forum for those who are interested in the languages, cultures and history of Asia to meet and exchange ideas.