Interview with David Snellgrove

Turin, Mark; Snellgrove, David; Shneiderman, Sara

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Authors

Turin, Mark

Snellgrove, David

Shneiderman, Sara

Publication Date

2004-11-10

Language

English

Type

Video

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Turin, M., Snellgrove, D., & Shneiderman, S. (2004). Interview with David Snellgrove [Video file]. http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/1464

Description

Interviewed by Mark Turin and Sara Shneiderman in Torre Pellice, west of Turin (Torino), in Italy, on 20th September, 2004. Interview was edited and lasts 30 minutes.

Abstract

David Snellgrove speaks of his education, admission into the Colonial Service, his wartime experiences in India, travels to Sikkim, studies in Cambridge with Sir Harold Bailey, move to teach Tibetan language at SOAS and fieldwork in Nepal.

Keywords

Himalaya, Nepal, Tibetology, Colonial Service, Queens' College, Cambridge, India, Sikkim, SOAS, Italy

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This record's URL: http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/1464

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