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General John Briggs (1785–1875)
Today, 27th April, marks the death of General John Briggs in 1875, aged 89. Briggs entered the Madras Army in 1801 and served in the Second Mahratta War. In 1810 he accompanied…
27 April 2017 -
More Birthdays and a Death
This week sees the birthdays of three people associated with the RAS and the death of another… Richard Burton was born on 19th March 1821 in Torquay, Devon and his wife Isabel…
21 March 2017 -
Happy Birthday Royal Asiatic Society
The Royal Asiatic Society was founded on the 15th March 1823, so this week marks its 194th birthday. Its inaugural meeting was held in the Thatched House Tavern on St James Street,…
16 March 2017 -
William Pettigrew and Frederic John Goldsmid
Over the last six months, one of our volunteers, Ali Ahsan, has been working with our Collections. His work is now catalogued and available on Archives Hub. In this blog post he…
9 March 2017 -
Delving into the Archives – the Universities Prize Essay
At the start of 2017, I began the process of sorting the Royal Asiatic Society’s Institutional Records. These date back to its beginnings and, of course, are still being made today and…
10 February 2017 -
Afghanistan in the Mid-Twentieth Century
On Thursday 26th January we welcomed Elisabeth Leake as she launched her new book, “The Defiant Border: The Afghan-Pakistan Borderlands in the Era of Decolonization, 1936-1965”. She gave an interesting talk upon…
2 February 2017 -
The Elephants in the (Reading) Room
I start this blog by wishing all its readers a Happy New Year. May 2017 be a good year for you all. The beginning of this new year seemed a suitable time…
6 January 2017 -
John Griffiths and the Caves at Ajanta
December 1st marks the anniversary of the death of the artist, John Griffiths, who died on this day in 1918, aged 81. Born in 1837, Griffiths studied at what would become the…
1 December 2016 -
Writ in Water
Wednesday 23rd November found the RAS Reading Room in a flurry of creativity or maybe that should be in a study of creativity. We held our second creative writing event led by…
24 November 2016 -
From river to well, sea to canal…
Next Wednesday, 23 November we will be holding a Creative Writing Workshop in the Reading Room here at the RAS. This event is in celebration of Explore Your Archives Week, a national…
18 November 2016
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