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SJCR/SJCS/50/1/5
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- 1996-2009 (Creation)
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1 file. Paper.
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Includes correspondence and extracts from the minutes of College Committee meetings (March - May 1998) concerning the formation of and donations to the B.H. Farmer Fund, first established in 1983 to provide travel grants for undergraduates reading for the Geographical Tripos.
Also includes a printed memorial service programme and and a typescript draft of a speech written by Dr. Robin Glasscock in memory of Bertram Hughes Farmer (1916-1996).
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Bertram Hughes Farmer (BA 1937) was Emeritus Reader in South Asian Geography; Director of the Centre of South Asian Studies, 1964-1983; and Fellow of St. John's College, 1948-1996. The B.H. Farmer Fund was established in 1983, following his retirement and the publication of a book of essays produced by Farmer's students and associates in his honour.