Subseries RAS BHA/4/5 - The Fifth Barwis-Holliday Award - Dr George Mak

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GB 891 RAS BHA-RAS BHA/4-RAS BHA/4/5

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The Fifth Barwis-Holliday Award - Dr George Mak

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  • 2013-2014 (Creation)

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Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
(1823-)

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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 of subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia'. It continues as a forum for those who are interested in the languages, cultures and history of Asia to meet and exchange ideas.

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The Fifth Barwis-Holliday Award was awarded to Dr George Mak in 2014 for his paper, 'To add or not to add? The British and Foreign Bible Society’s Defence of the ‘without comment principle’ in late Qing China'. The archival material associated with this is all electronic and the archival electronic documents were all created in November 2024. These are:

  • Advertisement for the New Barwis-Holliday Award giving details about the awards and conditions for submission, two different versions.
  • 'The Barwis-Holliday and the Staunton Prize' - list of judges.
  • 'Barwis-Holliday Submissions' - a list of the candidates for the Award.
  • Reviews on the papers submitted, 9 electronic documents.
  • 'The Barwis-Holliday Award' and 'The Staunton Prize' giving notification of the winners of each Award, announcement prepared for the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society.

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