Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch (RASHKB)

Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch (RASHKB)

Founding of the Society

Year Authority / Notes

1847
According to its website (), the Hong Kong Branch grew out of a Medico-Chirurgical Society founded in 1845. The Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society itself was originally founded in 1847, but ceased to exist at the end of 1859. Exactly a century later, on December 28, 1959, it was resuscitated with the approval of the parent society in London - the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

Seat of the Society

City Authority / Notes

Hong Kong
China This location is supported by the name of the Society.

Name of the Society

Dates Name Authority

1848 - 1859 China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Its publications.

1960 - Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society = Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch Its publications establish the first name from 1960 onward. Its website () uses the second name as a current name.

Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch (RASHKB)

Journals of the Society

Years Full Journal Title Abbrev. Indexed
1848 - 1859 (Vol.1 - 6)

A
Transactions of the China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

A record in the Durham Univ. cat. indicates that the place of publication was Hong Kong.

[Durham Univ. cat.]

Trans. China Br. Roy. Asiatic Soc.
[Burlington Mag. Connois., Vol. 50, No. 288 (Mar., 1927), p.124 cites Pt. V. (1855).]
Trans. China Branch Roy. Asiatic Soc., Hong Kong
[Isis, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Oct., 1932), p.223 cites 1855, part 5.]

1960/1961- (v.1- )

B
Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

[Harvard Univ. cat.]
J. Hong Kong Br. R. Asiat. Soc.
[Proc. Roy. Anthrop. Instit., No. 1969 (1969), p.13 cites 7, 1967.]
J. R. Asiat. Soc. (Hong Kong)
[Geographical Journal, Vol. 135, No. 2 (Jun., 1969), p.235 cites 2, 1962.]

Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch (RASHKB)
Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1847	According to its website (), the Hong Kong Branch grew out of a Medico-Chirurgical Society founded in 1845. The Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society itself was originally founded in 1847, but ceased to exist at the end of 1859. Exactly a century later, on December 28, 1959, it was resuscitated with the approval of the parent society in London - the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Hong Kong China	This location is supported by the name of the Society.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1848 - 1859	China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society	Its publications.
1960 -	Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society = Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch	Its publications establish the first name from 1960 onward. Its website () uses the second name as a current name.
*Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch (RASHKB)*

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.	Indexed
1848 - 1859 (Vol.1 - 6) A	*Transactions of the China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society* A record in the Durham Univ. cat. indicates that the place of publication was Hong Kong. [Durham Univ. cat.]	*Trans. China Br. Roy. Asiatic Soc.* [Burlington Mag. Connois., Vol. 50, No. 288 (Mar., 1927), p.124 cites Pt. V. (1855).] *Trans. China Branch Roy. Asiatic Soc., Hong Kong* [Isis, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Oct., 1932), p.223 cites 1855, part 5.]
1960/1961- (v.1- ) B	*Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society* [Harvard Univ. cat.]	*J. Hong Kong Br. R. Asiat. Soc.* [Proc. Roy. Anthrop. Instit., No. 1969 (1969), p.13 cites 7, 1967.] *J. R. Asiat. Soc. (Hong Kong)* [Geographical Journal, Vol. 135, No. 2 (Jun., 1969), p.235 cites 2, 1962.]