Fonds GS - Papers of Reverend George Smith

Zone d'identification

Cote

GB 891 GS

Titre

Papers of Reverend George Smith

Date(s)

  • 1847 (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Fonds

Étendue matérielle et support

1 folder Handwritten, 12 sides + handwritten label

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

Notice biographique

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

Histoire archivistique

The paper was written by George Smith.

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

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

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

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

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d'accès

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

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

Mots-clés

Mots-clés - Sujets

Zone du contrôle de la description

Identifiant de la description

gb891-gs

Note de l'archiviste

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