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GB 891 RAS GOV4-RAS GOV4/215
Title
Letter from Richard Clarke to Rev. T.K. Brown, 21 March 1850
Date(s)
- 21st Mar 1850 (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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Scope and content
Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Rev. T.K. Brown, who has developed an alphabet differing from that of Major Rawlinson's work on cuneiform. Clarke informs that a full version of Brown's alphabet will be published in the Society's Journal. (Found on page 119)
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Language of material
- English