| LC control no. | nb2017025734 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Literary Society of Madras |
| Variant(s) | Madras Literary Society |
| See also | Madras Literary Society and Auxiliary of the Royal Asiatic Society |
| Beginning date | 1817 |
| Associated country | India |
| Located | Madras (India) |
| Found in | Transactions of the Literary Society of Madras, 1827: Wikipedia, viewed 19 Dec. 2017 (The Madras Literary Society is a learned society in Chennai (earlier called Madras), India which was founded in 1817 and in 1830 it became associated with the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. It was founded by Sir John Henry Newbolt, Chief Justice of Madras with Benjamin Guy Babington as the founder secretary. The Society produced a journal called the Transactions of the Literary Society of Madras and from 1833 under the name of [Madras] Journal of Literature and Science. Most of the early members were Europeans and the first Indian to be admitted was Kavali Lakshmayya who worked with Colin Mackenzie. The journal ceased publication in 1894.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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