Arquivo ER - Papers of Edward Rehatsek

Zona de identificação

Código de referência

GB 891 ER

Título

Papers of Edward Rehatsek

Data(s)

  • [1947 - 1988] (Produção)
  • [1878 - 1898] (Produção)

Nível de descrição

Arquivo

Dimensão e suporte

1 large archival box

Zona do contexto

Nome do produtor

História biográfica

Edward Rehatsek was born in 1819 in Ilok (then in Hungary, now in Croatia). He graduated from the university in Budapest with a masters degree in civil engineering. He left Hungary in 1842, visiting Paris before spending four years in the United Statesread more

Nome do produtor

História biográfica

Forster Fitzgerald (F.F.) Arbuthnot (1833-1901) was also a linguist and translator. He spent his early career in the Indian civil service in Bombay where he would have known Rehatsek. He was also a close friend of Richard Burton and collaborated with himread more

História do arquivo

The translations are all the work of Edward Rehatsek who sent them to F.F. Arbuthnot for editing and possible publication. (There is some book post packaging with the material). The Papers have been annotated and organised by Arbuthnot whilst in his possession.

Fonte imediata de aquisição ou transferência

On the cover of ER/1/1, A Translation of the Nigaristan by Muir Uddin Jaiwuia, it states that the manuscript was given to the Royal Asiatic Society by F.F. Arbuthnot in 1895. In Thomas Wright's "The Life of Sir Richard Burton, Volume II" (Everett &read more

Zona do conteúdo e estrutura

Âmbito e conteúdo

The Papers consist of manuscripts of translations made by Rehatsek often with notes, prefaces etc by Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot, to whom Rehatsek had sent the translations.

Zona de condições de acesso e utilização

Condições de acesso

Open. Please contact the archivist using the email address given here. 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 made via phone or email.read more

Condiçoes de reprodução

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 do material

  • inglês

Zona de documentação associada

Unidades de descrição relacionadas

The Journal for the Royal Asiatic Society 1892 (3, July), pp. 581-595, carries an article "Life and Labours of Mr. Edward Rehatsek" by F.F. Arbuthnot which acts as both an obituary for him and also gives a detailed list of Rehatsek's publications.
Theread more

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Identificador da descrição

gb891-er

Nota do arquivista

These Papers were catalogued in 2018 by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist.