Item WP/4/1/41 - Letter from Dr H. N. Randle to William Pettigrew, 12 October 1938

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GB 891 WP-WP/4-WP/4/1-WP/4/1/41

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Letter from Dr H. N. Randle to William Pettigrew, 12 October 1938

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  • 12 October 1938 (Creation)

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Herbert Niel Randle
(1880-1973)

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Herbert Niel Randle C.I.E. F.B.A. (1880–1973) was the librarian of the India Office Library (1933–49; assistant librarian 1927–33), professor of philosophy at Queen's College, Benares, and a writer on Indian philosophy.

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Letter from Dr H. N. Randle to William Pettigrew to say that in the library's collection of Hodgson manuscript there is an English-Manipuri-Songpu vocabulary of 30 folios by Captain Gordon, in case it should be of his interest. Handwritten, dated 12 October 1938

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