File QW/6/1/24 - Letter from Richard Winstedt to Quaritch Wales, 10 December 1938

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GB 891 QW-QW/6-QW/6/1-QW/6/1/24

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Letter from Richard Winstedt to Quaritch Wales, 10 December 1938

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  • 10th Dec 1938 (Creation)

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(1878-1966)

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Sir Richard Olaf Winstedt was born in Oxford and graduated from New College, Oxford. In 1902 he became a cadet in the Federated Malay States Civil Service, and was posted to Perak where he studied Malay language and culture. In 1913 he was appointedread more

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Letter from Richard Winstedt to Quaritch Wales in which he asks Quaritch Wales to write an article for the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. He further expresses his opinion concerning the descriptions of Gangga Nagara and Johore. Handwritten, 2read more

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  • English

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