Item WP/4/1/17 - Letter from Christopher Gimson to William Pettigrew, 22 November 1935

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GB 891 WP-WP/4-WP/4/1-WP/4/1/17

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Letter from Christopher Gimson to William Pettigrew, 22 November 1935

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  • 22 November 1935 (Creation)

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Christopher Gimson
(1886-1975)

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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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Letter from Christopher Gimson to William Pettigrew, confirming receipt of Pettigrew's manuscript on archaic Meitei. Typed, dated 22 November 1935.

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