Fonds HHW - Papers of Horace Hayman Wilson

Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 HHW

Title

Papers of Horace Hayman Wilson

Date(s)

  • 1822-1840 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

3 files, handwritten

Context area

Name of creator

(1786-1860)

Biographical history

Horace Hayman Wilson (1786-1860) was an English orientalist who studied medicine at St Thomas' Hospital, London, before travelling to India in 1808 to become an assistant surgeon for the East India Company in Bengal. Whilst in Calcutta he devoted hisread more

Archival history

The manuscript of the Panchatantra was created by Horace Hayman Wilson and probably sent to the Society for reading at a General Meeting and possible future publication where it was annotated by Henry Thomas Colebrooke. It is unclear whether the Vishnuread more

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

They were acquired from H.H. Wilson and from Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Doyle.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Documents connected to H.H. Wilson. These are:

  • An Analytical Account of the Panchatantra
  • Notes on the Vishnu Purana
  • Copies of letters sent to and from H.H. Wilson concerning the allowance of the late Colonel Wilford.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

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

Conditions governing reproduction

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.

Language of material

  • English

Allied materials area

Related units of description

Wilson's Analytical Account of the Pancha Tantra, illustrated with occasional Translations with note by Henry Thomas Colebrooke was published in the Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. 1, pp. 155-200.
All Wilson's works were gathered byread more

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Description control area

Description identifier

gb 891 hhw

Dates of creation revision deletion

This catalogue was created by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2024.