Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Description area

Dates of existence

1877-

History

The Malaysian Branch was founded at the Raffles Library, Singapore, in November 1877, as the Straits Asiatic Society. It applied for incorporation with the Royal Asiatic Society which was enacted the following year when it was renamed as the Malayanread more