Doughty, Charles Montagu, 1843-1926 (explorer, travel writer, and poet)
Person
Biography
Charles Montagu Doughty (1843-1926), explorer, travel writer and poet, was born in Theberton Hall, Saxmundham, Suffolk and educated at private schools in Laleham and Elstree, and at a school for the Royal Navy, Portsmouth. He was a student at King's College London, eventually graduating from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1864. He is best known for his 1888 travel book Travels in Arabia Deserta.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Charles Montagu Doughty: Correspondence to Edward Atkinson and Francis Jenkinson, 1886-1896
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/378-380
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Dates:
1886-1896
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous Accessions
Series
Claude C. Abbott: Collection of letters, 7 Jan. 1789-29 Feb. 1920 (Circa)
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8781/1-24
Dates:
7 Jan. 1789-29 Feb. 1920 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Miscellaneous letters
Sub-Series
Letters from Charles M. Doughty, (1843-1926), author of ''Arabia Deserta'', (Eastbourne, Kirkby Lonsdale), to Siegfried Sassoon, 1907-1909
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8889/3/142-3
Scope and Contents
Re thanks for letter and poems, once met members of Sassoon family in Poona.
Dates:
1907-1909
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).