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Cote
GB 891 CG-CG/1
Titre
Letter from Christopher Gimson to RAS Secretary, 9 July 1950
Date(s)
- 1950 (Création/Production)
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Pièce
Étendue matérielle et support
Handwritten, 1 piece
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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.
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Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
Letter from Christopher Gimson to RAS Secretary, enquiring whether the Society will be interested in picking up the publication of Yimjao Singh’s book on the old Manipuri language again. He writes that attempts to publish the book in India have not been successful, and that G. H. Luce, late of Rangoon University, may be interested in this project.