File RAS CEN/1/44 - Public Servants and Oriental Research

Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 RAS CEN-RAS CEN/1-RAS CEN/1/44

Title

Public Servants and Oriental Research

Date(s)

  • 21st Jul 1923 (Creation)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

Printed material

Context area

Name of creator

(1823 - present)

Administrative history

The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded by the eminent Sanskrit scholar Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke on the 15th March 1823. It received its Royal Charter from King George IV on the 11th August 1824 'for the investigation ofread more

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Report from The Englishman, Calcutta, "Public Servants and Oriental Research", regarding the Prince of Wales' tribute to the quality of the work of public servants in enhancing the knowledge of Oriental research.

Conditions of access and use area

Language of material

  • English