Identificatie
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Datum(s)
- 1858-1930 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Omvang en medium
0.067 cubic metres
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
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
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Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
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
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
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
Ordeningstelsel
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
Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik
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Voorwaarden voor reproductie
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Taal van het materiaal
- Engels
- Hindi
Verwante materialen
Related units of description
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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Aantekeningen van de archivaris
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
Aantekeningen van de archivaris
Autobiographical information was sourced from