Bailey, Harold Walter, Sir, 1899 - 1996 (Knight, orientalist)
Person
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
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Copy of a letter from Joseph Needham to Prof. H. W. Bailey [?] of Queens' College, Cambridge, asking for information on Sanskrit books referring to water-raising machinery and Baileys reply, 1952-01-10 - 1952-03-07
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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/102/1/1
Scope and Contents
The documents also include a postcard from Bailey with an additional reference, 7 March 1952.
Dates:
1952-01-10 - 1952-03-07
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Correspondence with Prof. Sir Harold Bailey of Queens' College, Cambridge, about reviews by The Royal Asiatic Society, 1966-05-21 - 1966-07-22
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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC5/3/4/17
Scope and Contents
The documents also include a letter from Cambridge University Press agreeing to send Bailey review copies.
Dates:
1966-05-21 - 1966-07-22
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Correspondence with 張至善 [Chang Chih-Shan / Zhang Zhishan] of Beijing Normal University about the completion of unfinished works by his father 張至烺 [Chang Chih-Lang / Zhang Zhilang] and related papers, 1985-01-22 - 1988-10-01
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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/27/36
Scope and Contents
Chang Chih-Lang was the author of 'Materials for the study of the Intercourse of China with other Countries', (1930). Chang Chih-Shan asks for help with his work to complete his fathers 'translation and annotation of a Persian book 'Khitainameh' (Description of China). The related documents include a letter from Professor Sir Harold Bailey of the Indo-Iranian Archaeology Library, Cambridge to Joseph Needham about possible sources of help for the translation; typescript of a Joseph...
Dates:
1985-01-22 - 1988-10-01
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Letter from Dr. S. Mahdihassan of Karachi, Pakistan, about the Mongolian term for distilled fermented mare's milk, 1985-01-03 - 1985-02-22
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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/203/3/7
Scope and Contents
The related documents comprise a letter from Sir Harold Bailey on the subject; copy of Joseph Needham's reply.
Dates:
1985-01-03 - 1985-02-22
Found in:
Needham Research Institute
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The Papers and Possessions of Joseph Needham
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Science and Civilisation in China project
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Research material
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Documents relating to the paper by Lu Gwei-Djen, Dorothy Needham and Joseph Needham entitled, 'The Coming of Ardent Water', ('Ambix', 1972)
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Beer and fermentations: Correspondence and other papers concerning distilled alchohol
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Notes from Harold W. Bailey on texts containing reference to sal ammoniac, and related Joseph Needham notes, 1968-11-25 - 1972-01-30
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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/206/7/3
Scope and Contents
One page of Needham's notes gives a list of different ways of writing Nao Sha [硇砂] throughout Chinese history.
Dates:
1968-11-25 - 1972-01-30
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Preparatory work for Figure 1531a, 'Map to show the communication routes, mainly overland, between the Chinese and Arabic culture-areas, as also the relation between Chinese, Iranian and Eastern Mediterranean lands and cities', 1977-09-18 - 1980-11-14
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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/212/4
Scope and Contents
The inclusion of a larger fold-out map (Figure 1539) in the volume was also discussed and the papers reflect that. The documents comprise a copy of a 1937 map showing the 'Landforms of Central Asia' prepared by Erwin Raisz at the Institute of Geographical Exploration, H. U. [?], (The map has been annotated by Joseph Needham, partly on a tracing paper overlay.); typed list of names for the fold-out map; copy of a memorandum from Needham to AS [?] of Cambridge University Press about the...
Dates:
1977-09-18 - 1980-11-14