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Astronomical calculations in Asia

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 69

Scope and Contents

Calculations made during Clementi's journey through India, Tibet and China, 1907-1908.

Dates

  • Creation: 1907 - 1911

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).

Biographical / Historical

Sir Cecil Clementi (1875-1947) was born in Cawnpore on 1 September 1875. He attended St Paul's School and Magdalen College, Oxford, and was posted to Hong Kong in 1899, where he was a land officer and police magistrate, 1903-1906. He travelled widely before becoming Colonial Secretary of British Guiana, 1913-1922, and of Ceylon, 1922-1925. Clementi was Governor of Hong Kong, 1925-1930, and Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner for the Malay States, 1930-1934. He died in High Wycombe on 5 April 1947.

Extent

.01 cubic metre(s) (1 archive box) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented by Lady Clementi.

Related Materials

The R.C.S. Photograph Collection includes photographs of Clementi's visit to Kelantan, 18 June 1930 (BAM 6/20), and to Kuala Krai, Ulu Kenantan, 19 June 1930 (BAM 6/21).

General

This collection level description was created by RAS. The biographical history was compiled with reference to the entry on Sir Cecil Clementi in L.G. Wickham Legg and E.T. Williams, eds, 'Dictionary of national biography', 1941-1950 (Oxford University Press, 1959), pp. 156-158.

Originator(s)

Clementi, Sir, Cecil, 1875-1947, Knight and colonial administrator

Includes index.
Date
2003-09-17 15:18:22+00:00
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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