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GB 891 QW-QW/6-QW/6/1-QW/6/1/14
Title
Letter from Richard Winstedt to Quaritch Wales, 11 June 1938
Date(s)
- 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 appointed… read more
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Scope and content
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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Language of material
- English