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Coomaraswamy, Ananda Kentish, 1877-1947 (art historian)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1877 - 1947

Biography

Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy was a Ceylonese Tamil philosopher and metaphysician, as well as a pioneering historian and philosopher of Indian art, particularly art history and symbolism, and an early interpreter of Indian culture to the West.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

 Fonds

Papers of S. Durai Raja Singam, including a collection on Ananda Coomaraswamy

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9950
Scope and Contents

Singam's collection on Coomarasawmy, including various of AKC's publications, images relating to him, biographical material and items on his family.

Also contains manuscript and typescript letters and research concerned principally with Durai Raja Singam's work on Gandhi and Ananda Coomaraswamy, accompanied by a short account book.

Dates: 1863-1984
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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