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Assaad Yaqub Kayat was a Syrian Christian who worked as a translator and interpreter. As an adult he studied at St George's Medical School in London in 1843. He was also an author and a council member of 'The Syrian Society of Arts and Sciences' which was founded in 1847 to increase Syrians' knowledge of their own history and culture. In the same year his autobiographical book 'A Voice from Lebanon with the Life and Travels of Assaad Y. Kayat' was published.
Assaad Yaqub Kayat was a Syrian Christian who worked as a translator and interpreter. As an adult he studied at St George's Medical School in London in 1843. He was also an author and a council member of 'The Syrian Society of Arts and Sciences' which was founded in 1847 to increase Syrians' knowledge of their own history and culture. In the same year his autobiographical book 'A Voice from Lebanon with the Life and Travels of Assaad Y. Kayat' was published.
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| Title: | Letter from Assaad Yaqub Kayat |
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| Description: | Kayat discusses an organisation of which he is part that is going to send six young educated Syrians back to Syria to support their society there. The society founded in 1847 was "The Syrian Society of Arts and Sciences" |
| Physical description: | Sampson Low Letters, Volume 1, 4 pages |
| Type of letter: | Reference to a charitable organisation |
| Rights statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | No further use without permission. Contact university-archive@open.ac.uk |
| Image rights: | Taken from St George's Library blog University of London. Source is ‘A Voice from Lebanon with the Life and Travels of Assaad Y. Kayat’ (1847). |
| Identifier: | SL_3 |
