Fondo GS - Papers of Reverend George Smith

Área de identidad

Código de referencia

GB 891 GS

Título

Papers of Reverend George Smith

Fecha(s)

  • 1847 (Creación)

Nivel de descripción

Fondo

Volumen y soporte

1 folder Handwritten, 12 sides + handwritten label

Área de contexto

Nombre del productor

Historia biográfica

George Smith was born in Wellington, Somerset, and educated at Oxford, In 1841 he was appointed vicar of Goole, Yorkshire. In 1844 Smith and Thomas McClatchie sailed to China as the first two Christian Missionary Society missionaries in that country,read more

Institución archivística

Historia archivística

The paper was written by George Smith.

Origen del ingreso o transferencia

The paper was sent to the Royal Asiatic Society by George Smith for reading at a General Meeting of the Society.

Área de contenido y estructura

Alcance y contenido

These Papers consist of a single document - a handwritten manuscript with label, 'Notes on China and the Chinese'. This label also reads 'Read 7th April 1847. This is inaccurate - the General Meeting Minutes of the Society record that Sir George Stauntonread more

Área de condiciones de acceso y uso

Condiciones de acceso

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

Condiciones

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 del material

  • inglés

Puntos de acceso

Puntos de acceso por materia

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Área de control de la descripción

Identificador de la descripción

gb891-gs

Nota del archivista

This material was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2022.