Collections by Sir John Malcolm

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Eng. hist. b. 151-2
  • Dates of Creation
    • Early 19th century
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 2 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Collections for the The History of Persia (London, 1815) by Sir John Malcolm.

Administrative / Biographical History

Sir John Malcolm (1769-1833) was an Indian administrator and diplomat. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).

Acquisition Information

The papers were bought from Blackwell's in 1925.

Note

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 39542-3.

Geographical Names