Área de identidad
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Título
Fecha(s)
- 1878 - 1882 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Volumen y soporte
1 bound volume handwritten
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
David Erskine was educated at Harrow, and joined the army (51st King's Own Light Infantry) as an ensign in 1835 seeing service in India, Malta and Australia. He was appointed Visiting Magistrate in Cleveland, Tasmania in June 1839, at Green Ponds from… read more
Institución archivística
Historia archivística
The work was created by Major David Erskine. It was presented by the creator to Sir Bartle Frere who, in turn, presented it to the Royal Asiatic Society.
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
It was presented to the Royal Asiatic Society by Sir Bartle Frere on 3 July 1882.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
A manuscript containing a 'Translation of Dr Hahn's Damara-German Dictionary Presented to his Excellency Sir Bartle Frere... by the Translator Major Erskine... 19th January 1880'. Karl Hugo Hahn was a Baltic German missionary and linguist who worked in… read more
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Open. Please contact the archivist. Details can be found here : https://royalasiaticarchives.org/. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but it will help if an appointment is… read more
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Idioma del material
- inglés
- lengua joisana
Área de materiales relacionados
Unidades de descripción relacionadas
The Society possesses an English translation of "Entwurf einer Grammatik der Herero Sprache", also by Karl Hugo Hahn (SC25). It was the first grammar of the Herero language spoken by the Herero people in Southern Africa.
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Puntos de acceso por autoridad
- Erskine David 1816-1903 (Materia)
- Frere Sir Bartle 1815-1884 (Materia)
- Hahn Karl Hugo 1818-1895 (Materia)
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Nota del archivista
This manuscript was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2022.