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Forsdyke, Edgar John, 1883-1979 (British classicist, Director and principal librarian of the British Museum between 1936 and 1950)

 Person

Nationality:

English.

Role within the BSR:

Secretary to the Faculty of Archaeology, History and Letters, 1911-1926.

Found in 160 Collections and/or Records:

Ancient Roman Life, circa 1925

 Item

Ancient Roman Life, circa 1925

Reference number: SPRS/LB/23
Scope and Contents

Lantern lecture attributed to Edgar J. Forsdyke written for the Roman Society around 1925, available for loan or purchase by society members and partner institutions.

Dates: Issued: circa 1925

Bound collection, miscellaneous correspondence, 1920 - 1924

 Sub-Group

Bound collection, miscellaneous correspondence, 1920 - 1924

Reference number: AR-02.03.04/283-MIS.01
Scope and Contents A collection of circa 300 items tied together with a string and ordered chronologically from July 1920 to June 1924. The materials comprise letters, postcards, telegrams, catalogues and reports in a variety of languages including Italian, French, German and English. Some of the letters are copies (of documents to be found in Box 124a), and there are even some duplicates of those copies. While miscellaneous, the contents generally refer to the years of 1921-23 and concern Library matters, the...
Dates: 1920 - 1924

Filed miscellaneous correspondence, 1920 - 1923

 Sub-Group

Filed miscellaneous correspondence, 1920 - 1923

Reference number: AR-02.03.04/283-MIS.02
Scope and Contents This is one of two grouped corpora of materials in Box 283. This collection comprises around 170 handwritten letters, postcards, personal notes, draft documents as well as more formally typed correspondence and copy letters. The authorities that are represented include, but are not limited to, Thomas Ashby, Eugénie Strong, Edgar Forsdyke. The materials are divided with a filing system composed of various alphabetically denoted sheets, within which we find three main sections between letters...
Dates: 1920 - 1923

Gilchrist Application, Alexandrina Makin , 1920 July 25

 Item

Gilchrist Application, Alexandrina Makin , 1920 July 25

Reference number: AR-02.03.04/286-STU.03
Scope and Contents

Miss Makin applies for the Gilchrist scholarship for 1920-21. Makin is already at the school, with the George Scott Travelling Scholarship, and knows Strong and Ashby well. Her reserarch explores the Roman 'triumphus' (which we know was published in PBSR in 1921).

Dates: 1920 July 25

Gilchrist Application, Priscilla Gorton, 1920 July 26

 Item

Gilchrist Application, Priscilla Gorton, 1920 July 26

Reference number: AR-02.03.04/286-STU.04
Scope and Contents

Application for the 1920-21 studentship, comprised of a personal statement, two testimonials and a letter of recommendation from Eileen Power (who writes directly to Strong). Priscilla Gorton graduated from the University of Manchester and was an English scholar interested in tragic comedy in Renaissance Italy.

Dates: 1920 July 26