Minns, Sir Ellis Hovell, 1874-1953 (Knight, archaeologist, orientalist and linguist)
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1953
Biography
Sir Ellis Hovell Minns (1874-1953), archaeologist, orientalist and linguist (especially Russian), was a Fellow of Pembroke College, 1899-1953 (President, 1928-49), and Disney Professor of Archaeology, 1927-49.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence to Sir Ellis Minns (1874-1953), 7 Mar. 1938-27 June 1952
Correspondence with others (M)
These are: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, Magdalene College, Cambridge, F. R. Mansbridge, J. I. O. Masson, Francis Meynell, J. G. Millward, E. H. Minns, Christopher Morris.
Letter of Alexander Birkenmajer to Sir Ellis Minns, 23 Jan. 1934
Comprises single items or small collections, chiefly correspondence, donated to or purchased by Cambridge University Library. Together with a number of items and fragments found in Cambridge University Library books and bindings.
Letter to T.C. Lethbridge, 1949
Published Methuen & Co., London
Letters from E. H. Minns to Morison, 1941-1951
One letter is undated. Another (1949) is partly written in a Carolingian hand. With these is an offprint of an article by Minns, with his ms. annotations.
Other people, 1920-1966 (The date-range is estimated.)
Ca. 40 photographs. Those identified by annotations on the versos or accompanying notes are: Max Beaverbrook, T. M. Cleland, Brooke Crutchley, O. A. Dickman, J. L. Garvin, Adrian Frutiger, E. P. Goldschmidt, Method Kaláb, E. A. Lowe, Ronald Mansbridge, William Maxwell, Ellis Minns, Eugene Power, Frederick W. Schmidt, G. B. Shaw, Karl Young, Hermann Zapf. With these are photographs of 2 steam locomotives.
Sir Ellis Minns: Correspondence and papers, 25 Oct. 1926-15 Aug. 1946
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
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