Collection GB 1446 MS 4 - CLARKE, John: dictionary of the Fernandian tongue

2 Vols.

The notebooks were copied from the original for the Ethnological Society, London.

GB 1446 MS 4 1854 collection 2 Vols. Clarke , John , fl 1841-1854 , Baptist missionary

John Clarke was a Baptist missionary who spent time in Fernando Po (Bioko, Equatorial Guinea), 1841-1847 and Havanna la Mar, Jamaica, 1854.

The notebooks were copied from the original for the Ethnological Society, London.

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Manuscript copy of a dictionary of the Fernandian tongue in two volumes, 12 May 1854, collected by John Clarke from the people of the island of Fernando Po and the adjacent continent, 1 Jan 1841 to 11 May 1847.

Single item

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Fernandian and English

2 vols. 19 x 12.5 cm (vol. 1); 20 x 12.5 cm (vol. 2).

Collection level description available in the reading room.

For a dictionary of a number of African languages by Clarke, see MS 5.

Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Manuscript copy of a dictionary of the Fernandian tongue in two volumes, 12 May 1854, collected by John Clarke from the people of the island of Fernando Po and the adjacent continent, 1 Jan 1841 to 11 May 1847.

Single item

Appointments are necessary for all visits; please contact the archivist by email to arrange; a fee of £10 is payable by all visitors except Fellows and Members; membership details can be found on the RAI web site; access to material referring to the most recent thirty years is restricted; some material is very fragile and may not be available for view; a few items are of restricted or forbidden access.

Photocopies and scans for personal research only may be arranged at the discretion of the archivist; charges apply; in all cases forms governing use of copies must be signed; use of digital cameras is not allowed.

• anglais

• latin

Fernandian and English

For a dictionary of a number of African languages by Clarke, see MS 5.

Collection level description available in the reading room.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• anglais