GB 0102 MS 380622 - Grierson, Sir George

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GB 0102 MS 380622 1920-1941 Collection (fonds) 1 file School of Oriental Studies
The School of Oriental Studies (later the School of Oriental and African Studies) was founded as part of the University of London to address inadequacy of teaching in Asian languages in London, and to cater for the study of Asian cultures. It opened in 1917. Its library received substantial collections of books transferred from other London institutions.

The philologist Sir George Abraham Grierson (1851-1941) joined the Indian Civil Service in 1873 and was in charge of the Linguistic Survey of India from 1898. He was a Fellow of the British Academy and member of several Asiatic, Oriental and linguistic societies. His numerous publications on the languages of India included The Linguistic Survey of India.

Transferred from the School of Oriental and African Studies Library in 1988.

Correspondence and papers, 1920-1931, largely typescript, concerning the possible acquisition of Sir George Grierson's library on Oriental languages and culture by the School of Oriental Studies and other matters relating to the School; letters concerning Sir George's death, 1941.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
English

Database.

The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) holds papers on the SOAS Library book exchange, concerning arrangements with other institutions for disposition of books on Oriental studies (Ref: MS 226830).

Further correspondence and papers of Sir George Grierson are held at the British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections; Liverpool University: Special Collections and Archives; Oxford University, Bodleian Library, Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Sources: Who Was Who; Dictionary of National Biography; National Register of Archives. 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. Jul 2002 Communications media Academic libraries Asia Asian cultures Asian languages Bibliology Books Grierson , Sir , George Abraham , 1851-1941 , Knight , philologist Information/library administration Information/library management Information/library research Libraries Library collections National cultures Publications School of Oriental Studies Information sciences Collections Cultural resources

Transferred from the School of Oriental and African Studies Library in 1988.

Correspondence and papers, 1920-1931, largely typescript, concerning the possible acquisition of Sir George Grierson's library on Oriental languages and culture by the School of Oriental Studies and other matters relating to the School; letters concerning Sir George's death, 1941.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

• English

• Latin

English

The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) holds papers on the SOAS Library book exchange, concerning arrangements with other institutions for disposition of books on Oriental studies (Ref: MS 226830).

Database.

Further correspondence and papers of Sir George Grierson are held at the British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections; Liverpool University: Special Collections and Archives; Oxford University, Bodleian Library, Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

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.

• English