Archief JDB - Papers of John Drew Bate

Identificatie

referentie code

GB 891 JDB

Titel

Papers of John Drew Bate

Datum(s)

  • 1858-1930 (Vervaardig)

Beschrijvingsniveau

Archief

Omvang en medium

0.067 cubic metres

Context

Naam van de archiefvormer

(1836-1923)

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 (nowread more

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 hisread 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

Voorwaarden voor raadpleging

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

Voorwaarden voor reproductie

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.

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

Trefwoorden

Geografische trefwoorden

Beschrijvingsbeheer

Identificatie van de beschrijving

gb891-jdb

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