Fondo DE - Papers of David Erskine

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Código de referencia

GB 891 DE

Título

Papers of David Erskine

Fecha(s)

  • 1878 - 1882 (Creación)

Nivel de descripción

Fondo

Volumen y soporte

1 bound volume handwritten

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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 fromread 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.

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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 inread 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 isread more

Condiciones

Digital photography (without flash) for research purposes may be permitted upon completion of a copyright declaration form, and with respect to current UK copyright law.

Idioma del material

  • inglés
  • lengua joisana

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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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gb891-de

Nota del archivista

This manuscript was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2022.