Dossier RAS MEMB/3/3/4 - Correspondence: 1978-2004

1 folder, handwritten and typed

Correspondence between the Society and its Honorary Members dating from the mid-1970s to early 2000s. These are mostly letters concerning suggestions for candidates, proposals for Council and membership invitation, with replies from the members.

Elected 1975
Professor Nikolai Aleksandrovich Baskakov

Elected 1978
Professor Paul Balog
Professor Joshua Blau
Professor Claude Cahen
Professor Kazuo Enoki
Professor Inalcik Halil
Professor Tadeusz Lewicki
Professor Hajime Nakamura
Professor H. K. Sherwani
Professor D. E. Hettiaratchi

Elected 1984
Professor Sukumar Sen

Elected 1985
Mr Hirad C. Chaudhuri
Professor Juan Vernet Gines
Professor M. C. Subhadradis Diskul
Professor B. N. Mukherjee
Academician M. I. Useinov

Elected 1991
Dr Ivan Hrbek
Professor Erik Zurcher
Professor Tatsuro Yamamoto
Professor Walther Heissig
Professor Jonas C. Greenfield
Professor A. K. Narain
Professor Ahmad Hasan Dani
Dr Firoze M. Kotwal
Professor A. A. Duri
Professor David Ayalon
Professor Jane Aubin
Mrs Eveline Poree-Maspero (already passed away at the time of invitation)
Elizabeth Samson

Elected 1993
Professor Dieter Schlingloff
Dr Parmeshwari Lal Gupta
Professor Paul Thieme
The Reverend Professor Michele Piccirillo

Elected 1998
Mr Hugh Bett (Fellow honoris causa)
Dr Robert Jones (Fellow honoris causa)

Other correspondence:

• Letter from A. D. H. Bivar informing the Society of the death of Professor Emile Benveniste (elected 1946), dated March 1977
• Letters from Mr J Nagar nominating M. M. Nagar, former Director of State Museum and Archaeology in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, as a Honorary Fellow, with details of his qualifications, and reply from the Society, dated April 1977
• Letter from Jean Naudou, Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Civilisation at University of Lille III, informing the Society of the death of Professor Philippe Stern (elected 1948), dated May 1979
• Letter from Denis Sinor, Distinguished Professor of Uralic-Altaic Studies at Indiana University, informing the Society of the death of Professor W. Norman Brown (elected 1952), Deny and S. Elisseef (elected 1955), dated January 1980
• Letter from S. K. Punjya from University of Warwick recommending Juan Mascaro, a Sanskrit scholar, as an Honorary Fellow, with a memorandum from Professor J. C. Wright from SOAS giving his opinion on Juan Mascaro, 1985-1986
• Documents relating to proposal for Honorary Fellows 1994, including a letter from Dr G. S. P. Freeman-Grenville, proposing architect Isam Awwad (also a RAS member), with a relevant news clipping; and a CV of Professor Gregory Bongard-Levin. With a note saying ‘not yet considered’
• Letter from A. D. H. Bivar relaying a request from Professor A. H. Dani for possible consideration of Professor Mohammad Salim as an Honorary Member, with details of qualifications, dated January 2004

The letters relating to elected members are arranged by the year of election of the member.