IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 EAF
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: FLOYER, Ernest Ayscoghe (1852-1903)
Date(s): [1880-1900]
Level of description: Collection level
Extent: 2 large boxes and 2 files
Name of creator(s): Floyer | Ernest Ayscoghe | 1852-1903 | Inspector General of Egyptian Telegraphs
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1852; educated, Charterhouse -1869; appointment in the Indian Telegraph Service, on the Perso-Baluch coast of the Persian Gulf, 1869-1876; explored the interior of Baluchistan, 1876; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1876-1903; Inspector General of Egyptian Telegraphs; surveying expedition in the Egyptian desert, 1887; commander of another expedition in the Egyptian desert, 1891; died, 1903.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Ernest Ayscoghe Floyer comprising computations of positions, Egypt, 1892 and other papers relating to Egypt, the Nile valley and Sinai.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
As outlined in Scope and Content.
Conditions governing access:
Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
Finding aids:
Hand list and card index.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery. Sources: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan., 1904), pp. 133-134.
Rules or conventions: ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.
Date(s) of descriptions: 3 December 2001; Nov 2008