Michell, Roland Lyon Nosworthy
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0102 PP MS 70 |
Held at | : School of Oriental and African Studies Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.soas.ac.uk/Archives/home.html › |
Full title | : Michell, Roland Lyon Nosworthy |
Date(s) | : Created 1870-1914 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 7 boxes |
Name of creator(s) | : Michell | Roland Lyon Nosworthy | 1847-1931 | colonial administrator |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Roland Michell was born on 14 February 1847. He was educated at Christ Church College, Oxford. He lived in Egypt for many years, initially as Tutor to Prince Ibrahim Pasha, son of the Khedive of Egypt, 1870-1878. He later served as Chief of the Statistical Department, Revenue Survey of Egypt, 1878-1879, and Commissioner of Limassol, Cyprus, 1879-1911. He published two works, An Egyptian Calendar for the Koptic Year 1295 (Alexandria, 1877), and An Egyptian Calendar for the Koptic Year 1617 (London, 1900). He died on 9 March 1931.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers, 1870-1914, of Roland Lyon Nosworthy Michell, including his diaries, 1872, 1873, 1878, journals, 1870-1872, 1874-1876, and correspondence, 1878-1914, together with research material for his publications, including notes on the Dervish sects, of which he had a first hand knowledge.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
The papers have been arranged into four sections: diaries and journals; correspondence; research material; and miscellaneous - poems, etc.
Conditions governing access:
Unrestricted.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
Finding aids:
Unpublished handlist.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Formerly MS 204772.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Donated in 1962.
Allied Materials
Related material:
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Date(s) of descriptions:
15 May 2000
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