Asiatic Society

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Family and Intimate relationships Elizabeth Hamilton
After their aunt's death, he invited his sister to join him there, but she declined.
Kelly, Gary. Women, Writing, and Revolution 1790-1827. Clarendon.
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He was an able scholar, and became a member of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta, a British group...
Publishing Louisa Stuart Costello
In 1845 LSC edited a collection of her own translations of Persian poets, entitled The Rose Garden of Persia. It was beautifully produced, with ornamental, hand-illuminated borders on which, again, LSC had worked with...

Timeline

1784: The Asiatic Society was founded by William...

National or international item

1784

The Asiatic Society was founded by William Jones in Calcutta: it was a group of Europeans seriously interested in learning more about the culture and learning of India.

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