File QW/6/1/14 - Letter from Richard Winstedt to Quaritch Wales, 11 June 1938

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GB 891 QW-QW/6-QW/6/1-QW/6/1/14

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Letter from Richard Winstedt to Quaritch Wales, 11 June 1938

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  • 11th Jun 1938 (Creation)

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Name of creator

(1878-1966)

Biographical history

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 concerning the possibility of a city on a hill in Malaya but suggests that Fort Canning in Singapore and the palace of Malacca Kings were situated on a hill. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 10 June 1938.

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  • English

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