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Robert Adams: 1949 tour to British Guiana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, lecturing...
Catalogue reference: BW 83/8
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This record is about the Robert Adams: 1949 tour to British Guiana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, lecturing... dating from 1948-1950 in the series British Council: Registered Files, Tours by Specialists (London Sponsored Tours). It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BW 83/8
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Date (When the record was created)
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1948-1950
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Description (What the record is about)
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Robert Adams: 1949 tour to British Guiana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, lecturing on British film and theatre and giving theatrical performances and workshops; cancellation of tour to Barbados.
Walter Allen: 1949 tours to Czechoslovakia and Hungary, lecturing on the Victorian literary scene.
Professor J R Allardyce Nicoll: planned 1949 tour to Poland.
N B Bagenal: 1949 tour to Portugal, lecturing on British research into fruit-growing.
Edward Bawden: 1949 tour to Canada, tutoring in the fine arts.
David Baxandall: 1950 tour to Sweden, lecturing on British Painting, 1700-1900.
T A Hamilton Baynes: 1949 tour to Egypt, Syria and Turkey, lecturing on juvenile delinquency and prison reform.
H L Beales: 1949 tour to Czechoslovakia, lecturing on British social history.
Lennox Berkeley: 1949 tour to France, lecturing on contemporary British music.
Anthony Bertram: 1949 tour to Finland, Norway and Sweden, lecturing on William Blake, English architecture and British portraiture.
John Betjeman: 1949 tour to Eire, lecturing on Victorian architecture.
Dr Peter Bishop and Professor E C Dodds: 1949 tour to Spain, lecturing on endocrinology.
Richard Bishop: 1949 tour to Denmark, lecturing on English theatre, music and education.
Professor T S R Boase: 1949 tour to Denmark, lecturing on English art.
Ronald Bottrall: 1949 tour to Spain, lecturing on English literature.
Professor James Boyd: 1949 tour to Austria, lecturing on Goethe and English literature.
Professor J Crighton Bramwell: 1949 tour to Italy, lecturing on cardiology.
G R Bull: 1949 tour to Iraq and Sudan, lecturing on local government.
Allan Bullock: 1948 tour to Austria, lecturing on modern British history.
Raymond R Butler: 1949 tour to Greece, lecturing on technical education in Britain.
St.John D Buxton and A E Whiffing: 1949 tour to Greece, lecturing on orthopedic surgery and artificial limbs.
Lieutenant Colonel Spencer Chapman: planned 1949 tour to Czechoslovakia.
William Clark: 1949 tour toFinland, lecturing on British social services, systems of government and public administration.
Dr Dorothy Josephine Collier: 1949 tour to Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela, lecturing on facial nerve surgery.
Professor C A Coulson: 1949 tour to Belgium lecturing on theoretical physics.
Miss M B Denny: 1949 tour to Czechoslovakia, lecturing on nursery education.
Aileen Dickins: 1949 tour to Denmark, Norway and Sweden, lecturing on anaesthetics.
Professor P A M Dirac: 1949 visit to Canada to attend the Canadian Mathematical Congress.
Dina P Dobson: 1949 tour to Egypt, lecturing on women in the British magistracy and womens' institutes.
Ashley Dukes: 1949 tour to Spain, lecturing on contemporary British theatre.
Sir Paul Dukes: 1949 tour to Denmark, Norway and Sweden, lecturing on the Russian Revolution and Britain in transition.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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See also BW 1/143 (Sir Anthony Blunt 1949-1972)
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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GEN/361/6000 (87955)
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Not Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2197721/
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BW 83
British Council: Registered Files, Tours by Specialists (London Sponsored Tours)
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the series: BW 83
British Council: Registered Files, Tours by Specialists (London Sponsored Tours)
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