File BQ/1 - Letter from Horace Hayman Wilson to Bernard Quaritch

Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 BQ-BQ/1

Title

Letter from Horace Hayman Wilson to Bernard Quaritch

Date(s)

  • 31st Aug 1857 (Creation)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

1 piece handwritten

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Horace Hayman Wilson was an English orientalist, interested in the language and literature of India. In 1811 he was appointed as Secretary to the Asiatic Society of Bengal. In 1813 he published the first Sanskrit-English dictionary, and later, many otherread more

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Letter from Horace Hayman Wilson to Bernard Quaritch to thank Quaritch for the copies of the Persian Grammar which he had presented to the India Office Library and to the Professor. Wilson states that the grammar seems likely to be very useful.read more

Conditions of access and use area

Language of material

  • English

Access points

Subject access points

Name access points