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Cote
GB 891 CG-CG/6
Titre
Letter from Christopher Gimson to RAS Secretary, 15 May 1965
Date(s)
- 1965 (Création/Production)
Niveau de description
Pièce
Étendue matérielle et support
Handwritten, 1 piece
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
(1886-1975)
Notice biographique
Christopher Gimson joined the Indian Civil Service in 1911 and spent most of his career in Manipur, India, eventually becoming Political Agent there in 1933. He retired in 1947 and returned to Leicester, where he died in 1975. He was president of the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society 1955–56.
Histoire archivistique
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
Letter from Christopher Gimson to RAS Secretary, declining to review ‘A Short History of Manipuri’, feeling that he is ‘too ignorant of most of the subjects discussed in it’. He encloses some comments he made on the book which may indicate how help could be given to emerging Manipuri scholars (not with the letter).