Kuno Meyer letter,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 23981E, f. 71.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls006374364
  • Dates of Creation
    • 27 September 1907.
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 1 f. (originally folded as two leaves)
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

A letter, dated 27 September 1907, from Kuno Meyer, Basel, Switzerland, to W. R. M. Wynne of Peniarth, Merionethshire, relating to the death, on 25 September, of the philologist Prof. John Strachan.
Strachan died of pneumonia a while after catching a chill at Peniarth. Meyer was asked by the Congress of Philologists, which he was then attending at Basel, to inquire into the circumstances of his death and accuses Wynne's household of neglect.

Acquisition Information

NLW; Internal transfer; December 2012; 006374364.

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23981E, f. 71.

Custodial History

The letter was apparently passed on to Sir John Williams, who by 1907 was the owner of the Peniarth manuscripts; it was later given by him to NLW.

Additional Information

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