File RAS BMM/7/2/6 - Letter from Hamilton Gibb to Colonel Hoysted, 24/12/1939

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GB 891 RAS BMM-RAS BMM/7-RAS BMM/7/2-RAS BMM/7/2/6

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Letter from Hamilton Gibb to Colonel Hoysted, 24/12/1939

Date(s)

  • 24th Dec 1939 (Creation)

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1 piece handwritten

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Sir Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb was a Scottish historian on Orientalism, teaching first at the School of Oriental Studies, London, and subsequently at the University of Oxford before moving to Harvard University in 1955. He was a trustee of the Gibb Memorial Trust.

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Scope and content

Letter from Hamilton Gibb to Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to agree to serve on the Selection Committee.

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Language of material

  • English

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