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Src: The Asian Studies Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html
08 Dec 2000
Walter Simon's (1893-1981) East Asian Collection
National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Supplied note:
"An article I have written entitled 'Walter Simon : a Scholar-Librarian and
his East Asian Collection' appears in the National Library of Australia
News, December 2000 and is also at [the URL below]
Professor Walter Simon (1893-1981) was Professor of Chinese at the School of
Oriental and African Studies, University of London from 1947 to 1960, and an
eminent scholar of Chinese and other East Asian languages. The National
Library of Australia acquired his collection in stages between 1970 and
1982. There are over 2000 books in Asian and Western languages reflecting
Professor Simon's academic interests, in particular the Chinese, Tibetan and
Manchu languages."
URL http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/nlanews/december00/waltersimon.html
Link suggested by: Andrew Gosling (agosling@nla.gov.au)
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