Área de identidad
Tipo de entidad
Entidad colectiva
Forma autorizada del nombre
The Asiatic Society
Forma(s) paralela(s) de nombre
Forma(s) normalizada del nombre, de acuerdo a otras reglas
Otra(s) forma(s) de nombre
- Asiatick Society; The Asiatic Society of Bengal, The Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal
Identificadores para instituciones
Área de descripción
Fechas de existencia
1784-
Historia
The Asiatic Society is a Government of India organisation founded during the Company rule in India to enhance and further the cause of 'Oriental research' (in this case, research into India and the surrounding regions). It was founded by the philologist William Jones in 1784 in a meeting presided over by Justice Robert Chambers in Calcutta, the then-capital of the Presidency of Fort William.