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Date(s)
- 1858-1930 (Création/Production)
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Étendue matérielle et support
0.067 cubic metres
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Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
John Drew Bate was born in Plymouth in 1836. He trained at Regent’s Park College, London and then in 1865, sailed to India to work for the Baptist Missionary Society, the same year that he married, Beatrice Tagg. After a period in East Bengal (now… read more
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Some labels suggest these papers were donated to the Royal Asiatic Society by John Drew Bate's daughter, Miss E.E. Bate, at some point around 1930, though the details of their acquisition are unknown
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
Papers of John Drew Bate with some allied correspondence of his Daughter, E.E. Bate.
John Drew Bate was not only an active missionary, but also interested in the wider culture of India and, in particular, the Hindi language. These papers reflect his… read more
Mode de classement
The collection has been arranged in sections separating manuscripts, sermon notes and other material, creating three different series with the first further subdivided. This the arrangement is:
- JDB/1/1 Hindi Dictionary
- JDB/1/2 Islamic Studies
- JDB/1/3 … read more
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
Open. Please contact the archivist. 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. Please bring photo ID
Conditions de 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.
Langue des documents
- anglais
- hindi
Zone des sources complémentaires
Unités de description associées
The Royal Asiatic Society hold copies of "A dictionary of the Hindee language" (1918, 2nd edition) and "Notes on the Hindi language" (1875) both authored by John Drew Bate
A folder of the papers of John Drew Bate are held by the Angus Library, Regent's Park College, Oxford
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Note de l'archiviste
The descriptions were created by Nancy Charley, Archivist at the Royal Asiatic Society, in 2015. The original order of the material was unknown and therefore it was arranged according to the different types of material of which the collection is comprised
Note de l'archiviste
Autobiographical information was sourced from