IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 AGR
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: GRAY, Sir Albert (1850-1928)
Date(s): 1880s
Level of description: Collection level
Extent: 1 file
Name of creator(s): Gray | Sir | Albert | 1850-1928 | Knight | lawyer
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1850; educated at Rugby; Ceylon Civil Service, 1871-1875; joined the Hakluyt Society, 1877; called to the Bar, 1879; Council of the Hakluyt Society, 1887; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1892-1928; Chancellor of the Diocese of Ely, 1894; Counsel of the Chairman of Committees at the House of Lords, 1896-1922; President of the Hakluyt Society, 1908-1926; member of the RGS Council, 1912; Inner Temple Bencher, 1914; died,1928.
Publications: The Voyage of François Pyrard de Laval to the East Indies, the Maldives, the Moluccas, and Brazil translated by Albert Grey, assisted by H.C.P. Bell (1888)
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Notes by Sir Albert Gray and others on voyages to the East Indies and the Maldive islands, 1880s.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Original order.
Conditions governing access:
Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
Finding aids:
Hand list and card index.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received by the RGS, 1981.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 71, No. 5 (May, 1928), p. 510.
Date(s) of descriptions: 17th January, 2002. Oct 2008.