GRAY, Sir Albert (1850-1928)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0402 AGR |
Held at | : Royal Geographical Society Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Collections/Collections.htm › |
Full 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 & 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
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received by the RGS, 1981.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
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.
Rules or conventions:
ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.
Date(s) of descriptions:
17th January, 2002. Oct 2008.
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