Annual address : to the Asiatic Society of Bengal
Beveridge, Henry,, B.C.S. 1837-19291891
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Makes references to the annual report-apparently read out before this address-its financial statement(healthy), tributes to recently deceased members, and goes on to review the scope and activities of the Society as a whole: its history, publications, benefactors, records, membership, detailing his view of the Society's shortcomings. He highlights the society journal's poor performance in the dissemination of information regarding new publications and explorations relating to all things Asian-botany, zooology, geology, archaeology, history etc., going on to give a review of all of these and mentioning by name individuals and organisations responsible for these findings. A good source of information regarding social life and preoccupations in this society at the time.
Main title:
Annual address : to the Asiatic Society of Bengal / by the president H. Beveridge, B.C.S.
Imprint:
Calcutta printed at the Baptist Mission Press 1891
Collation:
52 pages ; 22.5 cm.
Local class:
4/BEV PAMPHLET BOX B4/BEV
Language:
English
Subject:
Beveridge, Henry Orientalist, atheist,Civil servant in India; son of Calvinist lawyer, translator and historian Henry Beveridge(1799-1863) Born: 9 February 1837, Scotland, Died: 8 November 1929 LondonAsiatic Society of Bengal -- History -- Publications -- AddressesIndia -- History -- Colonialism -- Ex-pats -- Societies -- Social life -- 1890s
BRN:
3442995