Arquivo JDMD - Papers of J. Duncan M. Derrett

Zona de identificação

Código de referência

GB 891 JDMD

Título

Papers of J. Duncan M. Derrett

Data(s)

  • 1998-2009 (Produção)

Nível de descrição

Arquivo

Dimensão e suporte

1 archival folder, typed and handwritten

Zona do contexto

Nome do produtor

(30 August 1922 – 21 October 2012)

História biográfica

John Duncan Martin Derrett was Professor of Oriental Laws at the University of London, from 1965 to 1982, and afterwards Emeritus Professor.

Derrett was educated at Emanuel School, London, Jesus College, Oxford and the School of Oriental and Africanread more

Nome do produtor

(1823-)

História administrativa

The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded by the eminent Sanskrit scholar Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke on the 15th March 1823. It received its Royal Charter from King George IV on the 11th August 1824 'for the investigation ofread more

História do arquivo

These papers were created when Derrett needed to access material from the Society's collections. They are officially business records but as they show the research interests of Derrett at this time, it was decided to catalogue them as a set of Personal Papers.

Fonte imediata de aquisição ou transferência

These papers were collated in the business of the Society and therefore have always been in the possession of the Society

Zona do conteúdo e estrutura

Âmbito e conteúdo

Letters between J. Duncan M. Derrett and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the material he required for his reseearch.

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 Library of the Society holds several publications written by Derrett. These can be found using our catalogue: https://ras.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?idx=&q=Derrett&weight_search=1

Pontos de acesso

Pontos de acesso - Assuntos

Zona do controlo da descrição

Identificador da descrição

gb891 jdmd

Datas de criação, revisão, eliminação

This catalogue was created by Nancy Charley, Royal Asiatic Society Archivist, in 2025.